Federal Capital Territory, FCT, workers under the aegis of the Joint Unions Action Committee, JUAC, says it has no problems with Nyesom Wike, the nation’s capital Minister over the cut in salary.
The union’s president, Mutilukuro Oluwakorede in his reaction to reports on social media that the workers are groaning due to the cut in their salaries by the minister, said the report is untrue.
Oluwakorede said the workers “love our ministers” adding that the decision to cut the workers’ allowance was an agreement between them and the minister after considering the financial situation of the FCT.
He urged Nigerians to disregard the report as a rumour from peddlers of falsehood.
According to him, “The public should disregard the information in circulation. it is not emanating from us. We have an internal issue; we had a meeting and agreed on the best way to manage the issue.
“We have nothing to do with what is trending online currently.
“We love our minister. We don’t have any issue against him as at this moment that I am talking to you, and I wish to be quoted anywhere.”
The union agreed to a salary cut, he stated.
“We realised that the little fund remaining may affect peculiar allowance, and we say we don’t mind stepping it down by one month, while the FCT Administration does the needful against the remaining months.
“So that by November, we return to normalcy. So, I don’t know why journalists are just cashing out on this.
“But I wish to say unequivocally, that we don’t have any problem with our distinguished honourable minister or the minister of state or even the permanent secretary of FCTA.
“We are in good relationship and this decision that we have taken, is for the best interest of staff generally,” the president said.
The union had on Friday issued a circular intimating their members on salary shortfall for October.
So rather than ask Federal govt to cut cost of governance, and then NAAS and Senators to cut their salaries. Some idiot came out to defend slashing of workers salaries in the middle of salary repression.
Shame on you, I hope that the true workers comes out to tell the truth.
How much did you receive from Wike to short-change yourself and others.