Thursday, July 28, 2011
The minimum wage: resign if unable to pay, says Labor to govs
 |
| NLC |
It was a show of muscle game yesterday between workers' organizations and the Governor of Kaduna, Patrick Yakowa new national minimum wage controversy.Secretary General of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Owei Lakemfa was a blow to the federal government and the governors of the states in which it is perceived as a lack of transparency, the handling of the issue of implementation was.
The writer of the NLC, who spoke at the conference of the Association staff representative second three-year president of the Nigeria Universities (SSANU) reiterated the position of the work than any other governor to pay could not rely on salaries for state employees, because he no longer had to do in the office.
He also pointed to the observation by the Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam that, although work to go on strike for a year, do not pay some of the governors in the position.When was the turn of the Vice-Governor, Kaduna, Mukhtar Rammallan Yero to talk to the governor was present, what he calls the threat of work injured, said Labour had threatened because of
disagreements, the governors of the new content.Even amid cries "No" by the delegates and other leaders of Labour, Alhaji Yero said the governors would be transferred not by threats and does not leave any of them to your office, for the inability to pay the new wage.The writer of the NLC, who spoke at the conference of the Association staff representative second three-year president of the Nigeria Universities (SSANU) reiterated the position of the work than any other governor to pay could not rely on salaries for state employees, because he no longer had to do in the office.
He also pointed to the observation by the Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam that, although work to go on strike for a year, do not pay some of the governors in the position.When was the turn of the Vice-Governor, Kaduna, Mukhtar Rammallan Yero to talk to the governor was present, what he calls the threat of work injured, said Labour had threatened because of
He explained that once a member of SSANU and had the experience of work and thinking of the Union on issues such as wage increases and now a part of the decision makers who had seen the difference that no danger could move mountains of work.He said that if the workers would be in government are also the same opinion, that the governors.With cries of "No" on and off the hearing, the member has tried to give an example, one of the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, president of the NLC was up, the governors running battles with their employees on the new salary , but the union to pay that he would.
"Did you pay? What we are saying is that you understand the other side, what I'm saying that the Vice-Chancellor said, the strike will not solve the problem and the threat is not too much, so that we We need to understand, because more or less, the governors will be paid over time."No governor is leaving his seat because he can not pay the new wage. Force should use the threat of going to afford any governor can not think. The governors should be encouraged and not discouraged," he said.
An earlier investigation had to work Owei position on the new wage and claim to provide that the governors have been pressing the federal government to eliminate what the state have to pay more money for the new wages.The NLC clerk denied the request, saying that to import the export of Nigerian crude oil for refined products, because "it meant roughly," and noted that many smaller countries of up to 30 Nigerian refineries sufficient supply of oil, its citizens while Nigeria, who has pride in the giant of Africa have succeeded in establishing a refinery.
Later, in an interview described the position of Governor Suswam as irresponsible and wondered why a state government that the industry is the government that he was not worried when the state civilian service was closed."The governor is not willing to pay the new salary can not govern alone, not because it is a question of law, the governor and his chief of security of states can afford to be, from the law because they are otherwise destined to be law-abiding "Owei argues.He revealed that workers continue their meeting today with the government and stressed that the term or at the end of this month, all groups of workers their salaries should reflect the payment in August by the new board.
Mentioned in his speech, the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Abdullahi Mustapha urged Labour to be cautious in his excitement, and that the general strike, the last option was the most devastating care were not taken.SSANU outgoing president, Promise Adewusi, was also vice president of the CNT, NLC his colleague when he complains that the government was printing the work on the wall with their attitude.
