NLC to FG: Emulate states that pay above N70,000 minimum wage
•Says no road safety without fair wages •Laments highways becoming corridors of death THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has taunted the federal Government over its continued payment of what it described as poverty wages, challenging it to emulate state governments that have already increased workers’ salaries in line with prevailing economic realities. In a paper sent to the 8th Annual Lecture Series of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, at State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, declared that Nigeria could not achieve meaningful road safety without fair wages for FRSC officers and Nigerian workers. He declared: “We demand a pay rise for officers, rank-and-file members of the FRSC, and indeed all Nigerian workers—not the brazen and insensitive attempt to further fatten the pockets of political office holders. "FRSC officers, who risk their lives daily on our highways and stand for long hours under scorching sun and pounding rain, dese...
