A former Nationwide Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Isa Tijjani, has accused the Nationwide President of the Union, Joe Ajaero of alleged strikes to plunge Nigeria into financial and political disaster utilizing his extreme strike actions.
Tijjani, who spoke to newsmen in Kano on Saturday, alleged that the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero is as much as one thing contemplating his frequent strike calls, even when clearly the federal government was on high of points raised.
He famous in disagreement with the NLC President, that bargaining energy just isn’t all the time hundred p.c, insisting that as a strain group when you will have sixty to seventy p.c of what you’re in search of then you definitely negotiate and permit peace to reign.
“The integrity of NLC immediately is at stake as a result of they’ve deviated from their essential jobs of defending the collective rights of Nigerians whereas President Joe Ajaero is ill-equipped to proceed as chief of essentially the most prestigious Union in Nigeria”.
“However within the case of Joe Ajaero, even when the federal government is making frantic efforts to resolve the problems raised by the NLC, he nonetheless insists on happening strike, or protest, clearly displaying that he doesn’t imply effectively for this Nation”.
Isa Tijjani reminded the NLC President that a few of the points he’s insisting on have some components of a worldwide contact, for instance, financial recession, Nigeria can’t be an exception, the President is doing his potential finest to sort out the nation’s issues.
“I don’t know the sort of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero is main, in these days we had been held with excessive esteem at any time when we barked, we had a severe purpose to shout and we had been listened to, however immediately the NLC is appearing as if they’ve some ulterior motives away from the actual points”.
Isa Tijjani cautioned, “How can NLC ask for N450,000 minimal wage, which each proper pondering individual is aware of is virtually unattainable, how a lot a state is having and the way a lot are they immediately spending as salaries and different wages, which of the Nigeria States or native authorities pays such sort of minimal wage”.
“Moreover we don’t appear to know that salaries usually are not elevated by determine however by proportion and even at that, immediately an area authorities is paying as wage 58 p.c of its complete revenue, how a lot are they getting, so, we needs to be lifelike in our bargaining”.
The previous NLC boss, nevertheless, disagreed with President Tinubu that the NLC is an opposition celebration and that they need to stand for election in 2027, explaining that such a press release shouldn’t have come from the President.
”Relatively than making such feedback, the President ought to name for a colloquium to debate points at stake, as a method to handle the prevailing conditions.”
