{"id":360679,"date":"2025-07-13T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T12:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=360679"},"modified":"2025-07-13T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T12:21:45","slug":"atiku-tackles-tinubu-over-unpaid-wage-awards-demands-release-of-detained-labour-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/13\/atiku-tackles-tinubu-over-unpaid-wage-awards-demands-release-of-detained-labour-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku tackles Tinubu over unpaid wage awards, demands release of detained labour leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Atiku faulted Tinubu administration for failing to pay full wage award arrears totalling \u20a6140,000 per federal worker.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former vice president said the federal government took 10 months to decide on minimum wage but still owes workers four months arrears.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the national coordinator of the Federal Workers Forum, Comrade Andrew Emelieze.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku made the demand in a statement shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atiku\/status\/1944333334554771700?t=MWLdcgdTOyg5pNSZmEzhmQ&amp;s=19\"><strong>his X handle<\/strong><\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Emelieze has reportedly been in the custody of the Department of State Services since his arrest on June 30 in Ibadan, Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested over a planned nationwide protest slated for July 1, aimed at demanding payment of the minimum wage and other allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku described the continued detention as \u201can affront to democracy, a slap in the face of every Nigerian worker, and a chilling reminder of the authoritarian drift of the Tinubu administration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party accused President Bola Tinubu of removing fuel subsidy \u201chastily and thoughtlessly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the move triggered \u201can economic avalanche that has since buried the average Nigerian under the weight of inflation, hunger, and despair\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the onset of the crisis, the administration promised to pay a wage award to federal civil servants as a temporary cushion pending the conclusion of negotiations on a new national minimum wage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat promise, like many others under this government, has become a broken covenant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said it took the administration \u201ca staggering 10 months\u201d to agree on a new minimum wage figure.<\/p>\n<p>He said the delay implies that the Federal Government is owing 10 months of wage award arrears to federal workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet, only six months have been paid and that too after a series of unfulfilled assurances and avoidable delays,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of today, the Federal Government owes four months of wage awards, amounting to \u20a635,000 monthly, a total of \u20a6140,000 per worker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said several state governments have shown commendable responsibility in labour matters, but that the Tinubu-led Federal Government has been indifferent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tinubu-led Federal Government has distinguished itself by its callous indifference and utter disdain,&#8221; the ex-VP added.<\/p>\n<p>On Emelieze\u2019s detention, Atiku said the labour leader\u2019s only \u201ccrime\u201d was speaking up for workers abandoned by the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe demand the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Emelieze,&#8221; Atiku said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His continued detention is an affront to democracy, a slap in the face of every Nigerian worker, and a chilling reminder of the authoritarian drift of the Tinubu administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet it be known: Nigerian workers will not be silenced, intimidated, or forgotten. 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