There are strong indications that
workers in 18 states may start an
indefinite strike on Monday over
unpaid salaries.
The General Secretary of the NLC, Dr.
Peter Ozo-Eson, in a telephone
interview with our correspondent on
Thursday in Abuja, said that the
congress had sent its task force team
to various geo-political zones of the
country.
According to him, the strike has
started in Plateau State, adding that a
similar exercise will begin in Cross
River State and others on Monday.
The National Administrative Council of
the Nigeria Labour Congress had, on
March 19, 2015, set up a task force to
pursue payment of salary arrears owed
workers by some state governments.
The report of the task force, which was
exclusively obtained by our
correspondent, showed that 19 states
are owing salaries and pensions.
Ozo-Eson told our correspondent that
the NLC had sent its task forces to the
affected states and directed those who
were being owed to begin strike.
He said, “The various Task Forces are
working. Plateau is on strike, Cross
Rivers is going on Monday; the various
task forces are working.
“A team is leaving for Benue to
commence action; they are now free to
commence action and we are
supporting them.”
The report of the Task Force of the
NLC revealed that while some of the
states had paid salaries of workers up
to date, they were owing arrears of
pensions running into months.
The states owing salaries or pensions
are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue,
Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano,
Katsina, and Kogi.
Others are Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo,
Plateau, Rivers and Zamfara states.
However, a look at the report reveals
that Adamawa, Anambra, Bayelsa,
Borno, Delta, Edo, the FCT, Gombe,
Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa,
Niger, Sokoto and Taraba are not
indebted to their workers.
The report stated that Abia State had
not paid salaries of workers of the
State Teaching Hospital for nine
months.
The state is also said to be owing
workers of the Hospital Management
Board eight months’ salary; Abia State
Universal Basic Education Board, six
months; Abia State Polytechnic, five
months; local government workers,
four months; and teachers, three
months’ salary arrears.
It was stated that while Enugu State
had paid salaries of civil servants up to
date, parastatals were owed 12
months’ salaries and pension and
gratuity remain unpaid since 2010.
Others states owing are Osun State
with six months’ salary and pension
arrears; Plateau with six months
salaries and seven months pension;
Benue with five months salaries and
four months pension arrears; Kogi with
four months of pension and salary
arrears; and Oyo which owes three
months salaries and between five and
11 months of pension arrears.
Also among the states which are likely
to owe salaries and pension of workers
into the incoming administration on
May 29 are Ekiti with three months of
unpaid salaries.
Jigawa is owing judiciary workers a
month salary arrears in 2015.
Ondo owes one month salary and
pension, while Ogun is owing one
month salary and 52 months of
unremitted pension deductions to the
Pension Fund Administration.
Although Zamfara State has paid
workers’ salaries up to date, the
salaries of workers who were recruited
in 2014 have not been paid.
The NLC Task Force also stated that
Rivers State owes one month of
workers’ salaries and three months of
pension while Kano has yet to pay
newly employed teachers for three
months.
However, the Task Force report was
silent on the status of Yobe and
Ebonyi on the ground that there was
no information on them.
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So Akwa-ibom dey owe salary and pensions upon all the allocation. They have no reason for that

How will pensioners go on strike?

Remove ogun state,cos the governor has paid all salaries for the month of april

Freelancer00:
So Akwa-ibom dey owe salary and pensions upon all the allocation. They have no reason for that

I wonder oh..dem bn dey form ado- okay state

Welcome to the zoo

This is wrong at all levels. How did we get here?