- Nigerian Civil Servants Earn Lowest Pay in Africa – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday said Nigerian civil servants earn the lowest pay in Africa, citing wages of other African countries.
NLC Chairman in Taraba, Mr Peter Gambo, who disclosed this to newsmen in Jalingo after a solidarity protest march to demand government’s approval of the proposed minimum wage by Organised Labour, said Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa, according to their analysis.
“We analysed the wages of most of the African countries and discovered that Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa,” Gambo said.
“Nigeria, being the giant of Africa, should not be lagging behind.”
“We made our request of what we expect to be paid to workers as minimum wage, but government keeps saying they can’t pay without giving reasons why they can’t pay.”
“So, our protest is to create awareness and prepare the minds of Nigerians that if government did not respond to our request before Nov. 6, we are going to shut down the country.”
Speaking on the two months arrears owed local government workers in the state, Gambo attributed the situation to the drop in federal allocation from April 2015.
However, he said the organisation has contacted the governor, who according to him, has agreed to pay the arrears.