ASUU president seeks proper workers’ remuneration

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Fagge, on Monday in Abuja called for appropriate remuneration of Nigeria workers to boost their morale.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Fagge made the call at a two-day stakeholders’ forum organized by National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC).

The forum was on the review of the existing job evaluation and grading system in the Nigerian public service.

Fagge said that productivity in Nigeria was low because “people who do not contribute to nation’s building earn the highest pay.”

He said that several well-meaning Nigerians had failed to contribute immensely to nation’s building due to the anomalies related to remuneration.

He advised the authorities to ensure that recommendations arising from the forum were properly implemented.

“Productivity is not commensurate to remuneration in the country. There are a lot of people in Nigeria who do not contribute much to nation’s building but they earn the highest pay.

“The major issue behind Nigeria’s under-development is that we have not been doing what is right in the remuneration system. In other nations remuneration is directly proportionate to productivity.

“The earlier we make sure that productivity is remunerated accordingly the better for us,’’ Fagge said.


Source: The Nation