The unions also urged the governor to address the issue of salary percentage payment to local government workers and teachers.
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The Governor dropped the hint Friday night when he hosted the leadership of all the 36 trade unions in the state under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress to the breaking of the Ramadan fast at his Gusau residence.
The aggrieved aides invaded the National Assembly foyer carrying placards with various inscriptions.
The strike was scheduled to begin on Thursday.
The state Chairman of the workers, Ikechukwu Nwafor, said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki during a press conference organised in line with the directive of the national leadership of NLC.
The state Chairman of NLC, Onuh Edoka announced this in Lokoja while addressing a rally organised by NLC nationwide against a bill seeking to remove salary matters from Exclusive to Concurrent List.
The Trade Union Congress and other bodies in their hundreds besieged the National Assembly to express their displeasure over a bill to remove the minimum wage from the exclusive list to the concurrent list.
Esele told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Benin, Edo State that this was because it was the prerogative of the Federal Government to fix national minimum wage.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Benin, Shaibu advised the sponsor of the bill to step it down.
The implementation of the consequential adjustment commences in January 2021.
The directive to embark on the strike was contained in a release signed by the Acting National Secretary of the association, Emmanuel Enyiegor, on Monday in Calabar.
The proposal contains provisions for payment of the minimum wage once government reaches a deal with the labour as well as effecting promotion for different cadres of the civil service, AbdulRazaq told lawmakers in a summary of the budget speech.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government in 2019 inaugurated the 27-man committee headed by a former Minister of Finance, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda.
Hajia Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State, said this in a statement issued by her Special Assistant on Media, Austin Elemue, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Federal Government in October last year approved a new minimum wage of N30,000 for public sector workers, but many State Governments have been struggling to pay the wage to their workers.
The protest was orgainsed by the Joint Union of Public Complaints Commission Chapter in Abuja.
The staff unions of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Epe, on Monday morning locked the main entrance to their institutions, disrupting academic and administrative activities.
In approving the increased funding, the governor stated that the teaching hospital would be in a position to continuously pay the new minimum wage, offset the 2016 and 2017 arrears of salaries, and enlist the 177 re-engaged workers on the wage list.
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State says the 16 local government councils in the state may not be able to pay the N30,000 minimum wage.
The governor made this known on Friday in Ilorin at a meeting he held with labour leaders on the minimum wage.
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has threatened an industrial action over delay in the payment of their new minimum wage by the Federal Government.