We Will Begin Indefinite Strike If You Fail To Comply – Labour Gives Gov Sule Ultimatum On ₦70,000 Minimum Wage

Organised Labour successful Nasarawa State has fixed Governor Abdullahi Sule, a three-week ultimatum to statesman the outgo of the ₦70,000 caller minimum wage.

The Congress besides urged Sule to commence the outgo of backlog of workers’ entitlements moving into ₦250 million.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) successful Nasarawa State, Ismaila Okoh gave the ultimatum astatine a property briefing successful Lafia connected Thursday.

Okoh spoke astatine the extremity of an exigency gathering held by labour with workers successful the state.

He warned that nonaccomplishment to conscionable the demands, workers successful the authorities would embark connected a strike.

He said, “We are giving the Nasarawa State authorities until the extremity of August to commencement paying the caller nationalist minimum wage and different entitlements of workers successful the authorities successful bid to avert an indefinite strike.

“Civil servants successful the authorities person made tremendous sacrifices for the improvement of the state, truthful it is important for the authorities authorities to enactment accelerated successful improving the payment of workers.” 

When Punch contacted, the authorities Head of Civil Service, Abigail Waya, she said the authorities had yet to reason plans for the implementation of the caller minimum wage.

Waya, however, assured the workers of the authorities government’s committedness to improving their welfare.

The aforementioned work explained that the ambiance astir the civilian work successful Nasarawa State had been characterised by uneasiness, uncertainty and apprehension pursuing repeated pronouncements by the authorities authorities that it was acceptable to commence outgo of the caller nationalist minimum wage.

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