Olufemi Atoyebi, Chukwudi Akasike, Friday Olokor, Ademola Babalola, Bola Bamigbola, John Charles, Patrick Odey, Tunde Oyekola, Maiharaji Altine, Tony Okafor, Edward Nnaachi, Ada Wodu and Abiodun Ne...
Olufemi Atoyebi, Chukwudi Akasike, Friday Olokor, Ademola Babalola, Bola Bamigbola, John Charles, Patrick Odey, Tunde Oyekola, Maiharaji Altine, Tony Okafor, Edward Nnaachi, Ada Wodu and Abiodun Nejo
But on Wednesday, the organised labour said it had begun mobilisation of workers for the nationwide strike. Other present at the Wednesday meetings were the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed; Minister of State, Finance, Budget and Planning, Clement Agba; Minister of State for Labour, Mr Festus Keyamo, the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan; Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; acting Chairman, National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta; and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.
A source told one of our correspondents that the meetings were called to douse the tension created by the notice given by the workers’ union on a possible industrial action. “As far as we are concerned, nothing has been done, and if you want to look at it, level one to three has been outsourced, how many people are there, so when you even look at the circular, it’s full of errors; as far as we are concerned, no circular has been issued.
“After October 16, we will give directives to our members nationwide. It is both the public and private sectors. You know that in labour parlance, an injury to one is injury to all. So, whether private sector has implemented or not, they will go on sympathy strike. It is going to be a national strike. It is not going to be limited to the public sector alone.”
“You can’t sign any agreement in such kind of an informal meeting. Until you convene the meeting of the committee handling the negotiation of the consequential adjustment, nothing has happened. Anytime from October 17, the leadership of labour will give directives to members nationwide on what to do.”Meanwhile, workers in states such as Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Kwara and Benue on Wednesday said they would join any strike declared by the NLC on the new minimum wage.
He said, “If the Nigeria Labour Congress is embarking on strike, the national body will notify all the states. The moment we received the directive from Abuja, it is our responsibility to comply.” “For now we have not been instructed to do anything but when we get instructions, we will do so,” James said.In the same vein, both the TUC and the NLC in Kwara State on Wednesday said they were mobilising their members for the impending strike over the N30,000 minimum wage.
The NLC chairman in the state , Jerry Nnubia, said the workers in the state were ready for the industrial action.
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