There is severe confusion and drama within the Nigerian labour motion after President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, publicly accused the President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Festus Osifo, of being an absentee chief.
Ajaero said this on Monday, throughout an interview on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’, alleging that Osifo doesn’t dwell in Nigeria, however truly resides within the United States and solely flies into the nation to attend labour conferences earlier than dashing again overseas.
“He (Festus Osifo) is an absentee president of the TUC. He doesn’t live in Nigeria. He comes in from the United States to attend meetings and rush back,” Ajaero declared.
The NLC President stated it was shameful {that a} man who claims to be main Nigerian staff and negotiating their welfare with the Federal Government is just not residing within the nation to really feel the ache of the employees.
According to him, Osifo can’t perceive what it means for a employee to purchase gas at over N1,000 per litre, pay home hire, college charges and feed their household underneath Tinubu’s economic system as a result of he’s having fun with regular electrical energy, good roads and life in America.
“How can you lead workers you don’t live with? How can you negotiate for people whose suffering you don’t feel? He has abandoned workers,” Ajaero added.
Ajaero stated the NLC, which has over 60 affiliate unions and tens of millions of members, can’t proceed to attend for a frontrunner who is just in Nigeria on a visiting visa to agree earlier than it negotiates higher wages and N70,000 transport allowance for struggling staff.
