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Two labour leaders in Lagos State on Tuesday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to give workers’ welfare priority in the New Year.
They are Mr Adetunji Ademisoye, the Deputy General Secretary, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and Mr Omopariola Olorunmbe, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Yaba College of Technology Chapter.
The union leaders spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on the need for the Federal Government to approve and implement new minimum wage for the workers in 2017.
Mr Omopariola Olorunmbe, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Yaba College of Technology chapter, urged the Federal Government to resume negotiation with the labour leaders on the proposed minimum wage.
Olorunmbe said that non inclusion of the new minimum wage in the 2017 budget had sent a wrong signal to the labour movement.
“All hopes seem lost since there has not been any negotiation on the matter,’’ he said.
According to him, raising the minimum wage is very crucial at this time considering the current economic situation where the bargaining power of the ordinary worker has been eroded.
“New minimum wage is the only hope for Nigerian workers to overcome the current recession and increase their bargaining power.
“We want to fill the impact of the government and it should start with the implementation of the new minimum wage, which is long overdue,’’ he said.
Olorunmbe also urged government to implement all outstanding demands of the union, including the establishment of Polytechnic Commission and payment of four years Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Scale (CONTISS) arrears.
In his comments, Ademisoye urged the Federal Government to consider the new wage for workers to cushion the effect of the current economy recession.
“The Federal Government should make welfare of workers priority in the New Year; 2016 was a very difficult year for many workers.
“We also urge the government to give priority to the welfare of workers, prompt payment of pension to the retirees and ensure infrastructure development.
“The government should improve electricity supply and rehabilitate other decaying facilities,’’ he told NAN. Ademisoye, however, advised workers to remain dedicated to their duties and support the government’s policies. NAN reports that some labour leaders had on Monday in Abuja decried the formation of a new labour centre, describing it as a major setback to realising the demands for a new national minimum wage.
NAN reports that the new labour centre emerged after a two-year internal crisis that split the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in to two opposing factions. It would be recalled that no fewer than 25 industrial unions had elected Mr Joe Ajaero as President of the new labour centre called United Labour Congress (ULC). (NAN)
Two labour leaders in Lagos State on Tuesday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to give workers’ welfare priority in the New Year.
They are Mr Adetunji Ademisoye, the Deputy General Secretary, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and Mr Omopariola Olorunmbe, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Yaba College of Technology Chapter.
The union leaders spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on the need for the Federal Government to approve and implement new minimum wage for the workers in 2017.
Mr Omopariola Olorunmbe, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Yaba College of Technology chapter, urged the Federal Government to resume negotiation with the labour leaders on the proposed minimum wage.
Olorunmbe said that non inclusion of the new minimum wage in the 2017 budget had sent a wrong signal to the labour movement.
“All hopes seem lost since there has not been any negotiation on the matter,’’ he said.
According to him, raising the minimum wage is very crucial at this time considering the current economic situation where the bargaining power of the ordinary worker has been eroded.
“New minimum wage is the only hope for Nigerian workers to overcome the current recession and increase their bargaining power.
“We want to fill the impact of the government and it should start with the implementation of the new minimum wage, which is long overdue,’’ he said.
Olorunmbe also urged government to implement all outstanding demands of the union, including the establishment of Polytechnic Commission and payment of four years Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Scale (CONTISS) arrears.
In his comments, Ademisoye urged the Federal Government to consider the new wage for workers to cushion the effect of the current economy recession.
“The Federal Government should make welfare of workers priority in the New Year; 2016 was a very difficult year for many workers.
“We also urge the government to give priority to the welfare of workers, prompt payment of pension to the retirees and ensure infrastructure development.
“The government should improve electricity supply and rehabilitate other decaying facilities,’’ he told NAN. Ademisoye, however, advised workers to remain dedicated to their duties and support the government’s policies. NAN reports that some labour leaders had on Monday in Abuja decried the formation of a new labour centre, describing it as a major setback to realising the demands for a new national minimum wage.
NAN reports that the new labour centre emerged after a two-year internal crisis that split the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in to two opposing factions. It would be recalled that no fewer than 25 industrial unions had elected Mr Joe Ajaero as President of the new labour centre called United Labour Congress (ULC). (NAN)
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