You Can’t Fight Corruption With Poorly Paid Workers- Issa Aremu

Issa Aremu

General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Mr Issa Aremu, Sunday, said Nigerian workers needed wage increase that would led to recovery. Aremu in a statement issued in Kaduna, said that Nigeria might not overcome the recession with the existing miserable pay of workers and pensioners

The statement read: “Organised labour calls for prompt payment of the existing salaries by states and local governments and urgent wage increase in both the private and public sectors. “Link with productivity improvement is the smartest and quickest ways to stimulate the nation’s economy. “Recent CBN report on the economy and to a large extent, the latest report of National Bureau of Statistics observes that weak demand for goods is one factor responsible for low capacity utilisation of many private sector companies. “So to overcome the economic