*Says devaluation of naira has affected workers most
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The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, said insecurity will persist in Nigeria and Kaduna State in particular, because of the nonchalant attitude of those in government to the welfare of the citizens.
According to the NLC President, insecurity is thriving in Nigeria because a lot of the dependents of those who have been laid off are taking to crime as a means of survival, a development that is alien to advanced nations of the world.
He said since the attainment of independence in 1960, successive governments in Nigeria have churned out neo-liberal policies that tend to undermine the welfare of the workforce, which fortunately are the major vehicle for wealth creation.
According to him, the devaluation of the naira has affected workers the most, adding that all these contribute to security challenges we are currently grappling with.
The NLC president, in his remarks at the 3rd National Quadrennial Conference of the Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education, Nigeria (SSUCOEN) in Abuja, lamented Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, describing him as one that would go down in history for degrading the dignity of Nigerian workers.
NLC alleged that the government of El-Rufai laid off 21,000 teachers at once and replaced them with contract staff who till date have not been given letters of engagement.
He said with N50.7 billion Internally Generated Revenue of the state in 2020 alone, the governor cannot claim to lack funds to pay minimum wage of just N30, 000.
Wabba said: “It’s not surprising that today collective bargaining agreements are not respected, meanwhile there is nowhere in the world where such things obtain, for the working class in Nigeria, I am pained to say that it is not yet Uhuru.
“Workers are in pain because their labour is no longer seen as a priority and respected, therefore we must continue to say no to neo-liberal policies of the government, devaluation of the naira has affected workers the most, all these contribute to security challenges we are currently grappling with.”
Immediate past President of SSUCOEN, Danladi Msheliza, urged the Federal Government to have a rethink on the kind of attention it pays to the foundation of teachers, especially when teachers will remain a catalyst for the growth and development of education in Nigeria.
He asked the government to release the White Paper on the 2014 Presidential Visitation Panel Report and the Presidential Needs Assessment Report (2012).
The SSUCOEN President said: “Our students are children of the masses and the downtrodden, who are voiceless…We must therefore, be the voice of our students and their parents.”
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