Labour threatens protest against Ekiti Govt over minimum wage, unpaid arrears

The organised labour in Ekiti State has threatened to welcome the state authorities into the brand new 12 months with a protest if Governor Kayode Fayemi’s administration fails to implement the N30,000 minimal wage and the consequential adjustment to employees throughout board.

The labour, which threatened to protest subsequent week, demanded that Governor Fayemi should pay all of the promotion and wage arrears to all classes of employees as negotiated, to avert labour unrest in Ekiti.

Shortly after the minimal wage was signed into regulation by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018, Governor Fayemi carried out the fee to employees on grade ranges 01 and 06, promising to impact throughout board when the funds of the state improved.

The risk to embark on a strike to welcome the state into the brand new 12 months was reached at a gathering held by commerce unions working within the state on Tuesday night.

The communique conveying the message launched to journalists on Wednesday, was signed by the Chairmen of Nigerian Labour Congress, Coms Kolapo Olatunde, Commerce Union Congress, Sola Adigun and Joint Negotiating Committee, Kayode Fatomiluyi.

The labour unions stated they reached a compromise on the implementation with the federal government earlier than a wierd method was allegedly launched to stall the method.

Subsequently, the labour directed “that the agreed New minimal wage and consequential adjustment desk needs to be sustained with none concession.

“That the brand new minimal wage and consequential adjustment implementation ought to start for fee in January *2021* with the accruable arrears from April 2020

“That each one arrears of promotions for years 2017, 2018 and 2019; arrears of go away bonuses for years 2016, 2017,2018,2019 and 2020 in addition to 6 years for Native governments, subvented establishments and 4 years for State employees wage arrears and deductions needs to be paid in earnest.

“That the organized labour ought to with quick impact report back to the enlarged employees on the State Secretariat complicated to permit ample data to the generality of workforce.

“That failure on the a part of the state authorities to implement the brand new minimal wage and consequential adjustment as negotiated, in addition to varied excellent arrears, the organized labour ought to mobilise employees for peaceable protest within the first week of January, 2021”.