The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to implement all agreements reached with organised labour in 2023, especially the National Minimum Wage.
Festus Osifo, TUC president, said this in a 2024 statement jointly signed by Nuhu Toro, the secretary general of the union on Wednesday in Abuja.
The statement was titled, “Our hope not renewed yet”.
Osifo said the TUC had in 2023 strived to ensure that social dialogue with the Federal Government prevailed, but they have failed to implement simple basic agreements with labour.
He said that labour had insisted that the October 2, 2023 agreements between them and the administration be notarised by the court.
“However, the government has serially violated the agreements. For instance, Item two states clearly that: “A minimum wage committee shall be inaugurated within one month from the date of this agreement.”
“Today, three months after, no such committee has been set up and this is our experience with this government in at least two previous agreements reached from June.
“TUC has resolved to demand of the Tinubu administration that in 2024, all agreements between labour and government should be implemented.
He also urged President Tinubu to sanction officials for serious security breaches such as the December 24, 2023 massacres in Plateau.
He said community policing should be prioritised alongside the mobilisation of the citizenry to defend themselves against bandits, among others.
“The Year 2024 holds a lot of promise for us all provided Nigerians as a people would unite and assert our authority over all powers.
“These include the Nigerian ruling class manning all branches, levels, institutions and organs of government,” he said. NAN
