File photo: Finance Minister, Taiwo Oyedele
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, Trade Union Side, has urged the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to convene an urgent meeting over the delayed payment of two months’ wage award and the implementation of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance for federal workers.
The union said it was seeking an audience with the minister on or before August 11, warning that failure to resolve the issues could spark unrest among public servants.
In a letter addressed to the minister and signed by the National Secretary of the council, Gbenga Olowoyo, on behalf of the National Chairman, Benjamin Yanto, the union expressed disappointment that two previous letters on the matter had received no response.
According to the JNPSNC, the requested meeting was intended to find an amicable resolution to workers’ outstanding welfare demands and avert what it described as a “brewing industrial crisis.”
