Mkpoikana Udoma 02 May 2018, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – The United Labour Congress, ULC, has said that the N96,000 it has…
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Mkpoikana Udoma 28 April 2018, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt — The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that Nigerian workers…
“In responding to the request for a memorandum, we then use current economic indices to make a fresh demand. So, what we place and what we demand is an outcome of analysis we carried out.”
“I do not think Nigerian workers are doing well, if you look at the reality of life today, the economic situation and compare it to the minimum wage. It means what they are earning, there is nothing to write home about as they have bills to settle, school fees for the children, house rents, among others.”
“The committee will decide what the minimum wage will be and it is a tripartite arrangement comprising the government, employers and employees. So, the Nigerian workers should hope that we have their issues at heart,” he said.
The committee is determined to complete its assignment before the end of this year. I am confident that the outcome of the assignment would address the issue of social imbalance, inequality and the wide gap of poverty in the country.”
Akabueze explained that when an agreement had been reached on the new minimum wage, the financial implications would be worked out and a supplementary budget would be prepared for its implementation.
The president also said the current minimum wage being used in the country has already expired.
He said, “We hope that after the inauguration, the committee can commence work immediately so that we can cover some mileage and also cover the times that have been lost. This is something that workers have long anticipated and our expectation is that we want a speedy process and that the fact that the issues are very obvious.”
He said, “When we came to power in 2015, there was a minimum wage, and by May 2016, we now had a deregulation in the petroleum industry and prices of petroleum products went up and we started discussions with organised labour.
