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By Rotimi Ojomoyela
LABOUR unions in Ekiti State, yesterday, threatened to shut down activities of the state government if Governor Kayode Fayemi fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wages and the consequential adjustment to workers across board.
The unions, who threatened to protest next week, said that the only way the labour crisis could be averted is the payment of all the promotion and salary arrears to all categories of workers as negotiated.
Shortly after the minimum wage was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018, Governor Fayemi implemented the payment to workers on grade levels 01 and 06, promising to effect it across board when the finances of the state improved.
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Thu Dec 31 2020
The Kebbi State Government has succumbed to the strike threat issued by organized labour unions by approving the release of N3 billion for the payment of gratuity of retirees in the state.
On December 11, the State Chairmen of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Umar Halidu Alhassan, and that of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Danladi Aliyu Dabai, issued an ultimatum that by January 1, 2021 if the state government fail to pay workers their entitlements among which was retirees benefit the organized labour would shut down the state.
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Labour crisis looms in Ekiti as workers threaten showdown over minimum wage, unpaid arrears
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti
Labour crisis looms in Ekiti as workers in the state on Wednesday threatened a showdown with the government in the new year if Governor Kayode Fayemi fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustment to workers across the board.
The labour, which threatened to protest next week, said that the only way labour crisis could be averted, is the payment of all the promotion and salary arrears to all categories of workers as negotiated
Labour workers in Ekiti State on Wednesday threatened to embark on strike if the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, does not implement the N30,000 minimum wage approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The threat to embark on a strike to welcome the state into the new year was disclosed in a meeting held by trade unions operating in the state on Tuesday evening.
However, the disclosure was conveyed through a communique made available to journalists on Wednesday, signed by the Chairmen of Nigerian Labour Congress, Kolapo Olatunde; Trade Union Congress, Sola Adigun, and Joint Negotiating Committee, Kayode Fatomiluyi.
According to the labour unions, the only way the strike which is to hold next week can be averted, is if the payment of all the promotion and salary arrears to all categories of workers as negotiated are made.