The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has said the bane of privatization in Nigeria is that government sells businesses to its cronies that lack managerial skills.
Festus Osifo, TUC President disclosed this in a press conference while reacting to the proposed privatization of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) recently.
“Government should not shy away from its responsibility. Instead of the government finding a way to manage the issue, they want to push the burden down the road”, he said.
According to him, the proposed privatization of TCN by the government for us is no. They don’t privatize and being in the best. The government does the privatization and sells to their friends and cronies who don’t have any idea about managing such business and that has been the bane of our privatization in the country.
Osifo also attributed this to why power generation and distribution companies do not function optimally. “The privatization of Discos and Gencos has practically failed and government needs to get it right with them.
TUC Proposes Blueprint To Tackle Casualization
In another development, The TUC said it would come up with a blueprint that will submit to the government and the Ministry of Labour on how to tackle casualization.
Comrade Osifo maintained that the issue cannot be eradicated 100 percent but can be reduced to the barest minimum.
“Our target is to work as an affiliate and come up with a strategic roadmap on how will address the issue of casualization. Across the various sector, the issue differs so we are going to take it sectorally to address it.
TUC position has been not to casualization and it is our responsibility to come up with a workable roadmap for tackling it. The goal will be to reduce casual workers in various sectors in Nigeria. Nigerians are being enslaved and it is applicable in all sectors including the media organizations.
