Nigerian Labour Congress
The organised labour in Ekiti has said it will reject the stance of Governor Kayode Fayemi on the N30,000 minimum wage for workers if it is not in consonance with the template set by the national leadership of organised labour.
The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has opened up on the plans of Nigerian governor on the issue of the controversial N30,000 new minimum wage.
Nigeria’s minister of labour, Chris Ngige, has declared that the federal government has commenced payment of the controversial N30,000 minimum wage to workers.
The union in an independence anniversary message said the talk by the federal government to set up another committee on the already approved N30,000 minimum wage makes Nigerian workers believe they have been swindled.
The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, says the federal government will reconstitute a new committee to begin fresh negotiations for full implementation of the new national minimum wage.
The federal government and Nigerian labour leaders have scheduled a meeting for Friday, September 27, to address the stalemate over the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage.
Ngige while receiving an award from the college of medicine, the University of Nigeria Nsukka at the weekend said Nigeria may explode sooner if unemployment in the country is not tackled urgently.
The organised labour and the federal government have been in conflict over the implementation of the new minimum wage which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 18.
Madam Comfort Oke is an 80-year-old politician who lives under the Iponri bridge at Constain in Lagos state. The homeless old woman shared her story with Legit.ng and appealed to Nigerians for help.
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