The National President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Ambali Olatunji has disclosed that it is shocking that after one month of subsidy removal, nothing has been done by the Federal Government.
He made the disclosure while Commissioning NULGE Hotels and Suites in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
” It was shocking that “after one month of subsidy removal, nothing has been done by the Federal Government. That is the way to go. It is time to make available palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.”
Comrade Olatunji requested an upward review of workers’ salaries by 300 per cent to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal.
He canvassed that a single institution be made to fix the salaries of workers and those of political officeholders to ensure parity since everybody patronises the same market in the country.
The President demanded the immediate implementation of the Orosanye Report to reduce the cost of governance, which, he lamented, was too high.
He said, “The government should review the Orosanye Report and restructure the MDAs so that we cut down the cost of governance at the end of the day. Not only that, the entourage of aides should be cut down, and the salaries and wages of the political office-holders should be reviewed downward.
We demand that workers’ salaries be increased by 300 per cent to cushion the effect of the pain we are going through.
We are confident that President Bola Tinubu knows what he is doing, but the delay can be dangerous. It is time for him to sit down and address that,” the NULGE leader said.