…Says Finance Minister’s careless statement can set nation on fire
By Victor Ahiuma-Young
Organised Labour yesterday condemned and rejected plans by the federal government to slash workers’ salaries, warning that such careless statement could set the nation’s on fire.
Labour in a statement by the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Minister of Finance to order before she sets Nigeria on fire with her careless statements.
Reacting to the statement credited to the Finance Minister that the Federal Government was working to reduce the high cost of governance by cutting down on the salaries of Nigerian workers, NLC expressed shock with such utterance.
It stated: “It is most unthinkable that government would be contemplating to unilaterally slash the salaries of Nigerian workers at this time.
“It was with huge shock that we read the statement credited to the Minister of…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
