The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, on Tuesday said the union is tired of the promises made by the Ministry of Labour to implement the union’s demands soon.
TUC had called for wage awards for civil servants to cushion the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal, tax exemption for some categories of workers, as well as setting up structures for the effective implementation of the palliatives from the federal government.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, in the last meeting with TUC, assured them that the government would soon conclude the issue of wage awards.
Lalong also charged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to embark on its planned indefinite strike.
Osifo, however, in an interview on Channels TV on Tuesday, said the union now wanted concrete actions.
He said, “In the last meeting we had with the Ministry of Labour, they told us the same thing that the president was out of the country and when he comes back they believe that he will make the pronouncement.
“But I saw it this morning that he said the pronouncement will come soon but again we are really tired of soon, we want a definite pronouncement, we want a definite solution to this lingering issue.
“At the end of the day, we have been hearing dates, we have been hearing it will come today, tomorrow or next tomorrow, we are relatively tired of promises, all we want is action.
“Nigerians are tired of a lot of meetings, lots of promises, what we want is concrete action, so we are tired of promises and promises.”
