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The Federal Workers Forum (FWF) Tuesday declared that the federal government has betrayed federal workers across the country over injustices alleged meted to them.
FWF stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of an online meeting of the Federal Workers Forum signed by its national coordinator, Comrade Andrew Emelieze.
In the communique, the forum stated that the federal government workers nationwide ” have been going through tortuous moments since the removal of petroleum subsidy”, adding, “Our take home pay has been made meaningless as a result of the rising cost of living crisis and the constant devaluation of our naira.
“Salaries have remained the same while prices of goods and services have tripled within this period.
“We the federal government workers feel betrayed by the federal government. Our employer has been very unfair and unfaithful to us. We have not been treated as if we matter. We are citizens, we are not beggars and we are supposed to be worthy of a fair wage. We the federal workers feel cheated.
“We are surprised to note that the meager 35,000 naira wage award grudgingly granted to the federal workers by the federal government to cushion the effects of the economic crisis caused by the subsidy removal have been stopped. The federal government paid only one month out of the six months promised.
“Civil servants have been financially embarrassed. Minimum wage has remained at 30,000 naira monthly while prices of everything continue to soar and a bag of rice now is above 60,000 naira. Most unfortunately, it is within this period that salaries are been delayed, some workers are being blocked from receiving salaries, promotion arrears not paid, etc.
“Our thinking has always been that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will address the age long injustice against the workers and that he will eventually address the shameful poor salary of N30,000 minimum wage, but it seems like the president has been mindless over the plight of the federal government workers.”
