Following the deadlock at the meeting for the consequential adjustment yesterday on the newly approved minimum wage, the organized labor in Niger state has directed the workers in the state to begin an indefinite strike.
In a statement obtained by this blog from the NLC and TUC chairman in Niger state. The Labor leaders mentioned that the state government is not serious with the welfare of the workers in the state.
Comrade Yanusa D. Tanimu who is the TUC chairman lamented that the consequential adjustment of the newly approved minimum wage is not only the issue affecting workers in the state. He condemned the previous administration for embezzling the pension funds of the pensioners and has brought untold hardship to the families of these pensioners.
He also decried the indolent attitude of the current administration towards the workers and pensioners in the state.
While Niger state workers are one of the least paid in the country where a level 8 step 1 officer earns less than 37 thousand naira, the Chairman said that Leave grants which are usually given to workers to cushion the effect of their meager salaries in the state has not been paid for 2019.
On the consequential adjustment, The TUC chairman mentioned the state government said he will give them a certain amount which translates to about 5000 naira on the workers’ salaries and this is far below the consequential adjustment of salaries of the new minimum wage that has now been made law.
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