NLC Declares Strike In Imo, Rivers, Osun And 15 Other States Over Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers in 18 states where the national minimum wage of N30, 000 had yet to be paid to immediately proceed on strike.

The congress said about half the 36 states of the federation were yet to conclude negotiations on payment of the minimum wage.

Findings indicate that states that have not paid the minimum wage include Imo, Rivers, Osun, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Kwara, Zamfara, Gombe, Rivers and Ogun States.

This turned into contained in a communiqué issued on the cease of the National Executive Council of the NLC on Wednesday.

In the communiqué collectively signed by way of the NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba and General Secretary, Mr Emma Ugboaja, the congress stated, “The NEC additionally resolved to view the refusal to pay the brand new countrywide minimal wage through country governments as demanded with the aid of the regulation as an act of criminality, betrayal of the oath of office sworn by means of country chief executives and a risky journey in anarchy.

“The NEC-in-Session directed all states wherein the national minimal salary of N30,000 is yet to be paid to immediately continue on industrial motion.”

The union demanded a downward review of the template used in figuring out the pump fee of petrol to stave off an imminent hike in the price of the commodity following the rising fee of crude oil within the worldwide market.

It similarly advised the Federal Government to reduce the fee of gasoline bought to strength generating agencies to $1.5 cents as a means of driving down power tariffs.

The union rejected deregulation of the downstream region of the oil industry as long as it's far import-driven, stressing that it negatively impacted on the welfare of the operating-magnificence family and the loads.

It known as on the FG to rehabilitate neighborhood refineries as a sustainable approach to incessant increases in the pump fee of petrol.

On the power tariffs, the NLC requested the government to at once deal with the conditions within its manipulate that are using up electricity price lists.

It demanded a evaluate of the power zone privatisation programme, for the reason that law offers for one each  years.

“The NEC also calls for the discount of the fee of gasoline to $1.Five cents and also the scrapping of the use of US and Nigeria inflation fees to determine the value of gas to Gencos,” the communication introduced.

The NEC also admonished the authorities to do extra in securing lives and property in the u . S ..

The union resolved to wooden the Corporate Affairs Commission headquarters for three days for allegedly trampling on people’ rights.

The NLC additionally resolved to problem a 14-day ultimatum to the control of Turkish Airline and Caverton Helicopter to reinstate all sacked trade union executives and desist from further anti-union movements.