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From Sola Ojo, Abuja
The federal government has finally released the outstanding 45-month minimum wage arrears owed to staff of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet).
Non-payment of the arrears dated back to 2019, has often pitted NiMet management against the staff of the agency and the labour unions.
In May this year, the unions planned to embark on industrial action on Monday, May 20, 2024, however, an intervention by the House Committee on Aviation Technology and their Senate counterpart led to its suspension.
Reacting, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NiMet, Professor Charles Anosike, commended President Bola Tinubu for authorising the payment of the arrears.
“Mr. President has demonstrated once again that he is a worker-friendly president. The issue of the unpaid 45-month wage arrears predates this administration, but still, Mr. President has cleared the outstanding.
“I wish to thank the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for the role he played. Also the Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation Technology, Rt. Hon. Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade, and members of the Committee for their sacrifices and timely intervention.
“I wish to also thank the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, and the members of the Committee and others who played different roles in the process.
“We expect that staff and the unions will show Mr. President appreciation by working hard and staying focused to ensure that NiMet continues to achieve its mandate”, the DG remarked in Abuja on Monday.
This is even as the staff of NiMet, through the NiMet Unions Joint Action Committee (NJAC) through Comrade Okechukwu Nwokoro, Secretary, NJAC, and Branch President of SSASCGOC, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), thanked Mr. President, Aviation Minister, House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Aviation, and the DG/CEO of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike.
