N70,000 allowance: 3 unions disown JNPSNC statement, back TUC

From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja
Three public service trade unions have disowned a statement issued in the name of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) backing the Federal Government’s proposed N70,000 monthly transport allowance, insisting that they were neither consulted nor represented in the decision.
The unions, the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI), and the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), also declared their support for the Trade Union Congress (TUC), w...