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April 26, 2019
The National President of Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC Ayuba Wabba says Nigerian workers will not accept anything less than thirtythousand naira minimum wage from state Governors.
Wabba said the new minimum wage has become binding,having been signed into law by President Buhari, saying the excuses by someGovernors that they can’t pay was not tenable.
He spoke in Ado Ekiti at the NLC delegateconference, where the former Chairman of the Senior Staff Association ofNigeria Universities, Ekiti State University Branch, Olatunde Kolapo waselected as the chairman of NLC in Ekiti state.
Wabba, whose address was delivered by an ex-officioof the Congress, Maureen Onyia-Ekwuazi said the Congress would not takeanything short of thirty thousand naira as minimum wage from state governorssince it has become a right.
He urged the new labour leaders to be resolute andcommitted in the struggle for improved welfare of their members, saying thisshould be done without compromise.