The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) said on Friday judges and doctors in Abia have not been paid salaries for more than one year by the state government.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated this at a public lecture organised by the National Industrial Court as part of activities marking its 2022/2023 Legal Year.
Wabba claimed that while doctors have not received payment in 12 months, judges are still owed wages for more than 18 months.
He also lamented the state’s decision to close schools.
The NLC president recalled his experience with a court of appeals judge who informed him of the substandard working conditions of Abia State’s judicial staff.
The judge also told him that certain judges in the state were receiving stipends since they hadn’t gotten wages in nearly 18 months, the speaker continued.
Wabba said: “In that state too, doctors have not been paid for more than 12 months. That is the reality, and schools are closed. And she (the judge) demanded to know what the labour movement in the state and the NLC were doing on the Abia case.
“I quickly checked and found out that the NLC chairman in the state has retired from service. But, because he is doing the bidding of the government, he approached the government in writing to give him an extension.”
