The labour unions under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have threatened to embark on a mass
The labour union s under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have threatened to embark on a mass• May resume picketing of NERC, DisCos premises next week• AGF , NJC , RMAFC , others back proposed 300% salary, allowance increase for judges• Utomi calls for stakeholders’ summit on reconstructing economy
Though unhappy with the speed of the negotiations, both centres acknowledged the efforts of government and members of the private sector, but insisted that urgency is required to conclude the process. “If the government fails to meet the demands outlined within the stipulated time frame, the NEC authorises the leadership of NLC and TUC to take appropriate actions, including but not limited to the mobilisation of workers for peaceful protests and industrial actions, to press home these demands for social justice and workers’ rights,” it said.
THIS is just as the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi , yesterday, supported the proposed 300 per cent increase in the salaries and allowances of judicial office holders in the country by President Bola Tinubu. “This Bill will birth an appropriate and commensurate remuneration that will ensure judicial independence and integrity. The present-day but sad reality is that the judiciary has stagnated on the same salary scale for over 16 years, this is totally unacceptable and quite antithetical to any meaningful judicial reform.
Ariwoola likened the situation of judges in the country to a patient in a critical condition and need of urgent medical attention. The CJN, thereafter, commended the Senate committee for organising the hearing. Ariwoola also disclosed that many judges in the country are enduring severe pain as a result of the underpaid system, adding that the last review of judges’ salaries was in 2007, about 17 years ago.
He said the problem was that the Nigerian economy was being mismanaged. According to him, the tripartite committee on new minimum wage does not understand what it is dealing with. “You have a national strategy and everybody will want to key into this emergency war cabinet approach, then massive mobilisation to solve to win the war.
Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw nation, Edwin Clark, has accused the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Umar Ganduje, and the acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , Amb. Umar Damagum, of colluding with former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to sabotage the elected government and Governor of Rivers…
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