Nigeria will continue with economic recession except workers are well paid - Comrade ISSA Aremu

Date: 2017-08-21

The General Secretary, National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, Comrade Issa Aremu has raised an alarm that Nigeria can not get out of her present economic recession with poorly paid workforce.

According to him, workers pay is the key for recovery of any nation's economy stressing that no nation can grow without adequate payment of its workforce stressing that the greatest resource of any country is human resource which has now been neglected by the government.

Comrade Aremu who is a member of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) made these pronouncements in Ilorin during an interview on a Radio Kwara personality interview programme "Playing Host".

He noted that if workers are paid as at when due, industries will grow as they would use their income to buy foodstuff , goods , textile materials and other items adding that no Nigerian worker would blow any whistle on corrupt people when he or she is hungry as corrupt people will buy such whistle from them and pay them off.

The Labour leader assured Nigerian workers both in the public and private sectors that the newly constituted National Salaries , Income and Wages Commission would work relentlessly to see to the regular payment of workers salaries and described the commission as not only moribund but dead as it had not played its constitutional role of ensuring regular payment of workers salaries and other emoluments.

Comrade Aremu disclosed that the present strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Universities Union (ASUU) is also a reflection of the bankruptcy and ineptitude of the Income and Wages commission as the commission ought to gave intervened in the matter before it went out if hand to the extent of closing Nigerian universities.

The Labour leader who is a member of the commission and Vice President , Industrial Global Union disclosed that any injury to any teacher or lecturer is injury to all Nigerians and called on the citizenry to show solidarity with the striking workers while the Federal Government should respect the agreement reached with ASUU or the Minister of Education , Adamu Adamu should resign his appointment more so that the BUHARI administration has promised to abide by the rule of law and due process.

Speaking on the private sector, Comrade Aremu lamented that the sector had been in recession before the nation started witnessing economic recession due to perennial power failure, devaluation of the Naira and smuggling of goods into the country which he called on the government to urgently address.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kaosarah Adeyi     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Razak Atunwa     Ibrahim Akaje     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Ahman Pategi University     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Oro Grammar School     Kanu Agabi     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Sodiya     Universal Basic Education Commission     Kola Ologbondiyan     Femi Gbajabiamila     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Wahab Egbewole     Bello Oyebanji     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Olaosebikan     Arinola Lawal     Yemi Osinbajo     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Public Holiday     Vasolar Consultoria     Baaziki Sulaiman     Baba Isale     Oloriegbe     Chief Of Staff     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Jimba Babatunde     Kannike     Manzuma     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Abdulazeez Arowona     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Kuliyan Geri     Muhammed Danjuma     Umar Gunu     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     MalHub     Moronfoye     Eghe Igbinehi     United Nigeria Congress Party     Aminu Adisa Logun     Balogun-Ojomu     Bello Abubakar     Kwara Pdp     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Lai Gobir     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Kayode Ibrahim     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Olatunde Michaels     Kemi Adeosun     Jawondo     Alaiye     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     IYA ALFA NLA     Lafiagi     Laboratory-to-Product     Na\'Allah     Mashood Dauda     Emmanuel Bello     Ibrahim Bio     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Maja     Lai Mohammed     Ubandoma     Amusa Bello     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Sobi Hill    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

CCT     Sambo Murtala     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Lawan     Oyelere Oyinloye     JMK Construction Company Limited     Gamji Members Association     Harafat E. Mukadam     Iqra Books     Funmilayo Mohammed     Yakubu Danladi     Kehinde Baale     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Suleiman Idris     Folorunsho Erubu     Mohammed Abduraheem     MATTA Girls Foundation     Woro     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Alimi     Taofik Mustapha     Ola Falade     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Segun Olawoyin     Yunus Oniboki     Mahe Abdulkadir     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Twitter     Owu Fall     Bashir Adigun     Monthly Sanitation     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Baruten     Kwara     Musbau A. Akanji     Saka Asiat Ayinke     JUSUN     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Okin Malt     Kayode Yusuf     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Abubakar B.M     Danladi     Bond     Bolaji Abdullahi     Suleiman Mora Omar     Turaki Of Ilorin     RTEAN     Haleeman Salman     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Presidential Election     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Olaitan Adefila     Na\'Allah     Umar Saro     Micheal Imoudu     MAI Akande     Igbomina     Federal Allocation     Ahmad Ali     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Stephen Fasakin     Ilofa     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Admiralty Villa     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Bursary     Dunmade     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Tunde Kazeem