May 7, (THEWILL)- President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Etim Okon, has said there is no moral justification for the Federal Government to stop the payment of monthly N35,000 wage award to workers.
Speaking on Tuesday, in Abuja, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Okon, who is also the Vice-President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), said it was worrisome that workers had yet to receive their monthly wage awards for March and April.
“There is misinformation going round that the N35,000 wage award was just for six months, so for anyone, either from the government side or otherwise to contemplate that, then it is a misconception.
“The wage award we signed with the federal government on Oct. 2, 2023, in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), is that they will continue to pay until the new national minimum wage is implemented.
“So, there is no moral justification for stopping it at all. They have paid up to February and we still have outstanding for March and April. The federal government has to continue to pay until the Minimum Wage Act is passed and implemented and that was what was agreed upon”, he said.
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