The NLC in particular expressed concern over reports that workers’ salaries were being cut by employers and in some cases workers at the risk of losing their means of livelihood.
Bolaji Ogundele/Frank Ikpefan,Abuja/James Azania, Lokoja/Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti/AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna/Kelvin Osa Okunbor/Sunny Nwankwu, Aba/Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta/Chris Oji, Enugu
The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association and the Nigeria Labour Congress asked the Federal Government to support the growth and survival of businesses in the country, especially in the formal and informal sector as Nigeria continues to battle the economic impact of Covid -19. He said the NLC has asked its affiliates and state councils to resist any salary deduction on the account of Covid-19.
“During the lockdown, activities of organised businesses and the informal sector were severely disrupted. For a country whose socio- economic environment was already challenging, the advent of the pandemic has placed additional burden on businesses and put thousands of workers under the threat of job losses.
The President told Nigerian workers that his administration had not just resigned to fate in the face of the outbreak, highlighting the various efforts so far taken to combat the health crisis. “I, therefore, ask Nigerian Workers both in the Public and Private Sectors with her FORMAL and INFORMAL ECONOMY to bear the stringent measures for a while for our common good.
“We have also introduced a COVID-19 Allowance for all our frontline workers, which is a very generous amount that takes cognizance of the heightened risks of the jobs they have to do. All these are intended to appreciate the dedication of all our Health Officers in the fight against COVID-19. Chairman of the NLC in the state,Comrade Onu Edoka,told reporters in Lokoja that the workers were eagerly awaiting the payment of all their outstanding entitlements by government including the 30 percent balance of their August to December 2017 salaries and other arrears, annual increments, promotion cash-backing and leave bonuses.The Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State in a broadcast assured all workers in the state that his administration would continue to make their welfare a top priority.
He said:”The responsibility to protect the vast majority of residents from the danger of widespread community transmission of Covid-19 has compelled the extension of the Quarantine Orders in Kaduna State. “As government begins to consider a reassessment of the lockdown in the State our workforce must lead from the front in their conduct at the workplace by fully complying with all directives from the State Government,” he said.
He said there would be a gradual resumption of work in various government offices for certain categories of public servants with effect from Monday, pledging that the details of the scheduled resumption would also be communicated to the affected categories of staff through circular.
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