LABOUR IN KWARA STATE SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NOT SINCERE ABOUT NEW MINIMUM WAGE FOR WORKERS

Written by on January 15, 2021

The organized Labour in Kwara State is worried over what it described as the insincerity of the State Government on the new Minimum Wage for workers.

The Labour movement said it arrived at the conclusion after a look at the situation surrounding the non-payment  of  the  minimum Wage in the State since  April, 2019, after  the  bill was signed  into law by President  Muhammad Buhari.

The statement titled “ insincerity of Government on the  issue of Minimum Wage in Kwara State was signed by the  State NLC Chairman, Aliyu Issa  Ore, Comrade  Joseph Tunde Acting Chairman Trade Union Congress, TUC and Comrade  Saliu Suleiman, Chairman Joint Negotiating  committee, JNC.

It  said the Government inaugurated the minimum Wage  committee on December twenty –nineteen, 2019, but up till this  moment, the  issue  remains inconclusive.

According  to the statement, out of  the thirty-six States of the federation, over ninety-four percent has  overcome  the issue of  minimum Wage  and  even provided  other  welfare package to the  workers  of  their various  States for effective  and  efficient  service delivery.


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