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NIMET WORKERS TO DOWN TOOLS OVER 45 MONTHS WAGE ARREARS

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), and the Association Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) have given the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) a 14-day ultimatum to pay outstanding 45-month arrears of minimum wage consiquential adjustment which they said has remained unpaid since 2022. The unions in a letter to the Director-General of NiMet, dated January 29, 2024, and jointly signed by NUATE General Secretary, Ocheme Aba, AUPCTRE General Secretary, Sikiru Waheed, and ANAP General Secretary, Abdul Rasaq Saidu, stated that the arrears were consequesnce of Minimum Wage Act of April 2019, which is even now being reviewed, showing how stale the matter has become. They noted that having labored for years before the consiquential adjustment was obtained in 2022, and having labored in vein thus far for its implementation since 2022, they are left with no option than to express "our frustration" through withdrawal of the sevices of the workers of NiMet. Many of the workers want many of the appointments done in 2018 to be probed, noting that many of the people appointed are redundant and have not resumed duties till today while many of them earn salaries and allowances without reporting for work and asking for allowances which former DG, Prof. Mansur Matazu, refused to pay.

Wole Shadare | Labor unions—Nigeria | New Telegraph | Monday, February 12, 2024