TUC to Governors: Resign If You Can’t Pay Workers

"Lagos State Government is the only state in Nigeria that has been regularly paying workers’ salaries and allowances. All the other states have one issue or the other in terms of salaries or benefits of their workers. “You will discover that it is 13 months’ arrears of gratuities or pensions that have not been paid. 

“In some cases, it is the contributory pension deductions that have not been remitted

or promotions arrears and death benefits not being paid. “The trust we have in state government has eroded. 

“If it is for the purposes of payment of salaries and infrastructure development such as provision of health facilities, roads, rail transportation and others, we are better off with regional government." 

■ President, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Bobboi Kaigama, advising state governors who could not address workers’ problems to resign with immediate effect.