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Share The organised labour in Ekiti state has rejected the decision of the State government to suspend the payment of consequential adjustment of the new minimum wage to workers in the state. The unions also frowned at the government’s plans to review subventions to higher institutions, which they said would further worsen the economic life of the workers. The state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi had two weeks ago at a stakeholder meeting on the finance of the state said payment of the consequential adjustment for senior workers would be suspended and subventions to institutions review due to d...

TODAY March 4, 2021 Industrial crisis is looming in Ekiti over sack of 21 workers of the State House of Assembly recruited under the tenure of former Governor Ayodele Fayose. The workers were sacked in January 2020 over claims that their recruitment by the Fayose administration did not follow due process and was therefore illegal, according to News Agency of Nigeria. But the labour unions disagreed with the sack of the workers and had asked the leadership of the Ekiti State House Assembly to recall the 21 sacked workers, a request that has not been acceded to . On Wednesday, the unions gave...

Organised Labour issues seven-day strike notice to Ekiti Assembly The union asked the Speaker to immediately reinstate 21 workers of the Assembly, allegedly disengaged by the House of Assembly Service Commission. ADVERTISEMENT The Organised Labour in Ekiti State has issued a seven-day strike notice to the state Assembly over alleged irregular disengagement of some of its staff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the notice, which was handed over to the Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, on Wednesday, threatened to involve all workers in the state. In the notice, Labour asked the Speaker to ...

The organised labour in Ekiti State has given the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Funminiyi Afuye a 7-day ultimatum to reinstate 21 workers that were allegedly sacked by the House of Assembly service commission. The labour union threatened that workers would commence an indefinite strike from March 10, 2021, if the Assembly defy the directive. The workers were in January 2021 shoved out of the system over alleged illegal recruitment into the service by the immediate past administration. The letter dated 3rd March 2021 and made available to journalists on Wednesday, was signed by t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The organised labour in Ekiti State has resolved to mobile for protest in the first week of January to press home its demand for the payment of minimum wage and consequential adjustment to public sector workers. The organised labour, comprising Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Council and Joint Negotiating Council .rose from a meeting on Tuesday, insisting on payment of the minimum wage as agreed between the state government and organised labour last Tuesday ad implementation effective from January. Trouble started on Thursday last week wh...