The NLC boss in the state, Ade Adesanimi, said the anti-graft’s continued detention of the commissioner and AG is delaying the payment of salaries to the hungry workers in the state.
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He said: “The agreement on new minimum wage as posited by the NLC Chairman, Ayuba Wabba, is long overdue because the former document signed by the government and labour is renewable after every fifth year.
Solomon Adelegan, the NLC Vice-President, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos while briefing newsmen at its Lagos Secretariat in Yaba.
Idris Ndako, the state NLC Chairman, who made the call in Minna at a news briefing, expressed concern over the miserable pay package of workers in the state
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the union commenced the strike following the collapse of negotiations between labour and the state government.
Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday.
Wabba made the statement on Monday in Abuja at a symposium with the theme: “Making Nigeria Work for the people,” organised by the NLC to mark Nigeria’s 57th Independence Day.
Fayose said he was owing the workers just four months salary while answering questions on the propriety of his presidential ambition when he was yet to pay workers
The Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council made the call in a statement issued in Lokoja on Saturday.
Some workers of government establishments in Lokoja complied with the shun-work-order issued to them by the leaderships of the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The Chairman of the state chapter of the Trade Union Congress, Ranti Ojo, flanked by his Nigeria Labour Congress counterpart, Onu Edoka, gave the order while briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday.
It will be recalled that the non-teaching staff of universities under the auspices of Joint Action Committee had embarked on an indefinite strike on September 11 over the non-implementation of its 12-point demand
Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, said this at the National Executive Council meeting of the Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Chairman NLC, Zamfara Chapter, Bashir Mafara, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Gusau.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this at a conciliation meeting with Executive of ASUU, officials of the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders on Thursday in Abuja.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa Workshop held in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation.
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who went round some offices, observed that they were all locked as the workers complied with the directive by the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress to stay away from offices.
The warning strike is the first step by the workers who have declared a labour dispute with the state government over the non-payment of salaries.
Obigwe spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Umuahia on the 26th anniversary of the state and level of progress so far recorded.
Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, NLC General Secretary, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.