A former chairman of the Kano State chapter of the Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU), Comrade Musa Mohammed, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to unite and confront the current hardship being faced by Nigerians.
Mohammed made the call when he addressed newsmen at the NUJ Press Centre in Kano yesterday.
He said, “It is with deep concern and unfortunate to observe that the leadership of Nigerian workers and the masses of the country today are not united which causes the people to suffer unnecessary hardship in the hands of agents of imperialism.
“Both the NLC and the TUC should put their acts together and salvage Nigerian workers and Nigerians generally, especially the masses, from their current predicament.
“We, the veterans cannot sit down and watch when Nigerians and Nigerian workers are suffering and the two labour unions which are supposed to champion their cause, are virtually not doing the needful largely due to the disunity among them,” Mohammed said.
“It has become necessary for the veterans to voice their concerns about happenings in the labor sector, because we will not want the institution to collapse” he added.
Mohammed also advised the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, to always carry along members of the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the Congress to make collective decisions on the welfare of Nigerian workers and the masses.
On the ongoing negotiations for a new national minimum wage, the former Kano RATTAWU leader advised both the NLC and the TUC to bargain for a reasonable wage for Nigerian workers.
