The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) says plans by the Bayelsa House of Assembly to place themselves, state Governor and Deputy Governor on life pension is fraudulent and will be resisted.
The TUC said that it had read with indignation the move by the Bayelsa assembly to pass such a bill.
According to the TUC, the new bill will repeal the existing pensions for Governor and Deputy Governor law of 2003 if passed.
It also said that it was wrong for the lawmakers to come up with such at a time the retirees who had served the country for 35 years were dying at pension verification centres for government employees.
The TUC, however, urged the Bayelsa legislature and other states nursing such ideas to drop them as the organised labour would not leave any stone unturned in the fight for good governance and accountability.
(NAN)