The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently provide genuine palliatives, stating that Nigerian workers are facing the worst moment in their lives and now go to work on an empty stomach.
Kogi State chairman of TUC, Sule Ahmed Tijani, made the appeal during an interview on Friday.
Tijani, while lamenting the poor state of workers due to fuel subsidy removal, said Nigerians can no longer bear the hike in prices of transportation and foodstuffs in the country, adding that workers are losing their lives and loved ones due to the untold hardship they are facing.
He berated the government for failing to put in place reasonable measures to cushion the hardship Nigerians are experiencing.
His words: “This has affected workers greatly. As I speak, transportation and food prices have all gone up. Workers in Kogi State are living at the mercy of God as we speak. Things are getting out of hand.
It seems the government is playing deaf to the suffering of the masses. Workers don’t have enough money to go to work any more. An average worker working at the State Secretariat, Lokoja, and residing at Felele will be spending about N1,500 for transportation to the office, including feeding every day.
