The federal authorities of Nigeria has lastly paid the excellent 45-month minimal wage arrears owed to workers of the Nigerian Meteorological Company (NiMet).
Non-payment of the arrears, which date again to 2019, has usually pitted NiMet administration in opposition to workers of the company and the labour unions.
In Could of this 12 months, the unions deliberate to embark on industrial motion on Monday, Could 20, 2024, nonetheless, following an intervention by the Home Committee on Aviation Know-how and their Senate counterpart, the unions suspended the strike motion after an settlement was reached on Sunday, Could 19, 2024, throughout a particular session convened by the Home Committee on Aviation Know-how led by the Chairman, Rt. Hon. Abiodun Isiaq
Akinlade, with NiMet administration and representatives of the unions current.
Reacting to this improvement, the director basic of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for authorising the fee of the arrears.
He mentioned, “Mr. President has demonstrated as soon as once more that he’s a worker-friendly president.
The difficulty of the unpaid 45-month wage arrears predates this administration, however nonetheless, Mr. President has cleared the excellent. I want to thank the minister of aviation and aerospace improvement, Festus Keyamo for the position he performed.
“Additionally the chairman of the Home Committee on Aviation Know-how, Rt. Hon. Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade, and members of the committee for his or her sacrifices and well timed intervention. I want to additionally thank the chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, and the members of the committee. I thank all of the others who performed totally different roles within the course of. Our expectations are that workers and the unions will present Mr. President appreciation by working arduous and staying centered to make sure that NiMet continues to attain its mandate.”.
In the meantime, workers of NiMet, via the NiMet Unions Joint Motion Committee (NJAC), have additionally thanked President Tinubu, Keyamo, the Home of Representatives and Senate Committees on Aviation, and the DG/CEO of NiMet.
In a launch dated August 12, 2024, and signed by Comrade Okechukwu Nwokoro, secretary, NJAC, the union expressed their profound gratitude for the collective intervention in making certain the fee of the excellent minimal wage arrears owed to NiMet workers from 2019 to 2022.
The union mentioned that “this vital motion has drastically alleviated the monetary challenges confronted by our workforce and has renewed our hope and dedication to serving the nation with excellence”.
