Sunday, June 23, 2024 –Federal workers, under the auspices of the Federal Workers Forum (FWF), have urged the federal government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pay their outstanding three-month wage awards.
The federal workers made this declaration during an online meeting held on Saturday. According to sources , the federal government introduced a wage award for workers after the subsidy was removed from Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The federal workers have appealed to the government to pay the wage awards for March, April, and May.
Federal workers, under the auspices of the Federal Workers Forum
(FWF), have urged the federal government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
to pay their outstanding three-month wage awards.
The federal workers made this declaration during an online meeting
held on Saturday.
Our correspondent gathered that the federal government introduced a wage award for workers after the subsidy was removed from Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The federal workers have appealed to the government to pay the wage awards for March,
In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting the federal workers emphasized that they are not slaves.
The communiqué, made available through the National Coordinator,
Comrade Andrew Emelieze, stated: “It has been nearly four months since the
federal government stopped the payment of wage awards to federal workers.
Despite repeated pleas to the federal government (FG) to resume the payments,
all efforts have fallen on deaf ears.
“The federal government workers met online to critically review
our last request to the FG to pay the outstanding March, April, and May wage
awards, among other things. It was generally agreed that the FG is pretending
not to know that we, the federal workers, are experiencing unimaginable
hardship since the removal of the fuel subsidy.
“We, therefore, resolve as follows: To embark on continuous
peaceful protests and demonstrations in all federal government secretariats
nationwide. These protests will become a ritual until the welfare needs of the
federal workers and pensioners are addressed.
“The protests will commence on June 24th and continue until the
issues of the wage award and the new national minimum wage are resolved. Every
federal worker must take this protest as a duty, and anyone who opposes this
continuous protest is an enemy of the workers.
“We call for the support and solidarity of all industrial unions,
the NLC, and the TUC as we, the federal workers, embark on this marathon
session of peaceful protests and demonstrations across the federation. We
condemn the idea of retired federal workers waiting for over a year before
receiving their pensions and gratuities.
“We urge federal workers to be armed with the fact that protest is
a fundamental human right, and any federal worker who decides to dodge this
collective agreement is a traitor. We are citizens, not slaves. Enough of this
exploitation of the vulnerable. The government has cheated us enough. Pay us
what you owe us. We have worked for it; we are not beggars.”
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