The president of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Waba, on Friday said the union will no longer condone the maltreatment of workers by some governors who refused to pay salaries.
Waba said this during the opening ceremony of the 3rd National Delegate Conference of the Judicial Workers’ Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Katsina.
“We are aware that some governors have not paid their workers’ salaries and pensions for the past seven months,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted the NLC president as saying at the conference.
“We have directed our chairmen in the 36 states to start protecting their members that have been denied their monthly wages.
“Some state governors are only interested in paying contractors with the objective of receiving gratifications from them.
“The NLC will not fold its arms and allow such governors to continue having a field day, while toying with the lives of civil servants.
“The NLC will give support to any state chairman who direct his workers to go on strike, the time has come for no retreat, no surrender by NLC.”
Waba commended the officials and members of JUSUN for their maturity in conducting the delegate conference without rancour.