MINIMUM WAGE: EKITI WORKERS REJECT REVERSAL, ADJUSTMENTS

 

THE SQUIB exclusively reports that the trade unions in Ekiti State are preparing for showdown with the Governor of the state over reversal to 18, 000 naira minimum wage and consequential adjustments.

The excerpts of the press release obtained by THE SQUIB reads as follows:

Presselease* 

 *Organized Labour in Ekiti State reject withdrawal of minimum wage and consequential adjustment as well as release of subventions to subvented institutions* 

The Organized Labour in Ekiti State met today with Mr Governor Dr John Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on the state of the economy in  the State. 

The Organized Labour comprising NLC TUC and JNC  expressed the position of the entire workforce to  Mr Governor that Workers of Ekiti State rejected any withdrawal of minimum wage and consequential adjustment payment of the State which is a product of a process that has been signed to law. 

In the same vein, the Organized Labour rejected any stoppage of subventions to all the subvented institutions in Ekiti State.

Also, the State Organized Labour,  viewed any attempt under any guise to further impoverish the living standard of workers and all vulnerable groups in Ekiti State as unacceptable.

To this end, the State Organized Labour further advocated for the inclusion of GL 13- GL 17 in the implementation of the consequential adjustment payment among other arrears of workers welfare.

Flowing from the above, the leadership of the Organized Labour promised the entire workers that there is no way we will comprise on the welfare of workers in the State, hence, workers should be rest assured of our commitment at all times to their yearnings and aspirations

Comrade ( Pharm) Kolapo Joshua Olatunde

NLC

Chairman 

Comrade Mrs Akinyemi Taiwo

NLC Secretary

Comrade Sola Adigun

TUC Chairman 

Comrade Kuloogun Lawrence

TUC Secretary

Comrade Kayode Fatomiluyi

JNC

Chairman 

Comrade Gbenga Olowoyo

JNC Secretary