Any Governor that is not ready to pay should vacate office

What about resigning if the pay is too low?

These unproductive folks with six or more drivers assigned to a single car or four teachers assigned to a class and almost doing nothing at work. All they want is more money which will only add to economic woes. Your employer have indicated the amount they can pay, if they are not cool with it, they should all resign

Dedeity:
Labour should not have called off the strike. Nigerian politicians are so heartless and wicked

I am very sure that you state is amongst those states that cannot pay

Any Governor that is not ready to pay should vacate office

This is just to draw attention of everyone to accept 60k

Kobojunkie:
Huge allocations propping it up yet the state remains among the poorest in terms of productivity. Can you imagine that nonsense?

There Indigens are somewhere on the internet now shouting TINUBU ...and how Hausa fulanis and Yorba used their Oil money to build Lagos and Abuja.

That is what their leaders told them to divert their attention from their poor leadership.They will them settle the pastors and Traditional rulers in the state to keep their mouth shot!

hafeeanubasy:
■ There Indigens are somewhere on the internet now shouting TINUBU ...and how Hausa fulanis and Yorba used their Oil money to build Lagos and Abuja.
■ That is what their leaders told them to divert their attention from their poor leadership.They will them settle the pastors and Traditional rulers in the state to keep their mouth shot!

1. But they are not lying since much of the money running Abuja and equally shared to most equally non-viable states in Northern Nigeria comes majorly from the oil produced in that area. 🤔

2. More than half of the northern states in Nigeria are being propped up by money sourced from oil revenues. They too would do better to be shut down as well. When speaking of leaders, the problem cuts across the board. Nigerians should have tried to make 19 states work. The creation of more states is how we slowly slipped into this nightmare we have today.

Truth be told Nigerians are the problem, they remain docile in the face of such arrogance. A former state governor who couldn't pay salary could use state funds to pay ahead for his children's school fees and is still Scott free!

NeckingNgulping:
The five days suspension ends tomorrow. Are we going on an indefinite strike or not?

NLC please be decisive.

They cant even do that because of preparation of sallah. They wont dare it. They know their limitation.

Let's assume that today all state and federal workers are being paid N100k as the minimum wage. What will they do when the prices of essential commodity now multiplied by 10 like say the bag of rice jumps to N150k. Many foolish emergency economists will come here to lambast the government for the high prices of things? How can some people be so daft!

Emekaonline:
Let's assume that today all state and federal workers are being paid N100k as the minimum wage. What will they do when the prices of essential commodity now multiplied by 10 like say the bag of rice jumps to N150k. Many foolish emergency economists will come here to lambast the government for the high prices of things? How can some people be so daft!

Minimum wage has not been changed since it was last changed in 2023, what has happened to prices of goods since that time in Nigeria? What continues to happen to this day to the price of goods? Na minimum wage cause Naira devaluation and the imminent inflation that followed?

Why do you people reason like headless chickens abeg!

SatoshiX:
By now, Abia should be paying the proposed 450k already. Afterall NLC = LP.

Obidents una go learn lesson by force.

Abia is still paying 18k

Iamgrey5:
Some governors are more problematic than federal government.

Some of them act as mini lord in their state


I still can't believe some governors were paying 18k as minimum wage until recently.

It is the State NLC in those states.... Probably they took bribe from the state govt.

blamingthedevil:


Abia is still paying 18k

The workers in that state should hold the State NLC responsible and not labour president.. This state NLC are also corrupt

blamingthedevil:
▶ Abia is still paying 18k

If the State/Company is not able to meet up with minimum wage and growth expectations, it should be shutdown/merged with other states abeg!

OgaRico:
As for me, I think NLC is not smart enough to get a good amount as the new minimum wage from the Government.

Propose to the Government the amount of 1 million as the new minimum wage, of course the Government will refuse such amount and then both parties can engage on pricing from the proposed amount to a meaningful amount. Let say if the Government price and price, last last they will at least settle somewhere around 100k, which will not be too bad.

A naive kid has spoken! The over 600 hundred thousand naira Labour proposed before is not reasonable to you. Armchair critics always think it's that easy

OgaRico:
As for me, I think NLC is not smart enough to get a good amount as the new minimum wage from the Government. Propose to the Government the amount of 1 million as the new minimum wage, of course the Government will refuse such amount and then both parties can engage on pricing from the proposed amount to a meaningful amount. Let say if the Government price and price, last last they will at least settle somewhere around 100k, which will not be too bad.

▶ Any amount less than $64.5 or Naira 94,893.69 is extreme poverty and should not even be considered of worth.
▶ Any amount less than $68 or Naira 102000, which is the former minimum wage adjusted for the approximate 340% depreciation of Naira since February 2023, is pretty much not a raise but adjustment to match the old minimum wage. I suspect the recent increase of 300% for the Judiciary was such an adjustment made against the Naira depreciation level. So this Naira 120,000 or $68 point needs to be where Labor begins its negotiating for a raise.
▶ At the federal level though, anything less than N250,000 should be rejected by federal workers. Given the padding senior workers at the federal level freely give themselves, I see no reason why some of that extra padding should not work it's way down and across the board to other Federal workers.

What is a poverty line?
A poverty line, also called a poverty threshold, is a set amount of income below which it becomes difficult, if not impossible, for people to afford essentials like food and shelter. Each country determines its poverty line by calculating the cost of meeting minimum needs. Households with incomes below this line are considered to be living in poverty.
The international poverty line serves as a standard for measuring extreme global poverty and was recently adjusted to $2.15 a day to reflect the rising cost of necessities and adjust for inflation. Since 1990, it has increased from $1 to $2.15, reflecting the rising cost of living.

https://www.worldvision.org/sponsorship-news-stories/global-poverty-facts

I love the way people comes together in this platform to show support for our dear country. even though majority are not a benefit of government salary earners. Be it yoruba, igbo or hausa, God will bless us all.

adioolayi:

“It is important to explain here that a national minimum wage is not synonymous with the different pay structures of different states. The national minimum wage is the lowest floor below which no employer is allowed to pay."

The statement above is where I have big issues with the leadership of NLC and TUC...over these years, what exactly have they done to employers that have not been paying NGN 30,000

What have they done to stop loads of private schools to stop paying teachers nonsense money, as low as NGN 15,000

What have they done to stop State Government, Local government fron paying their staffs less than NGN 30,000

Nigeria's employees are not FGN workers only..the regular stylist in the saloon, helpers that sweep people's compounds, gateman, various artisans, sales girl/boy, drivers, cook e.t.c are also Labours...who will fight for them?

How will NLC/TUC ensure these set of people get whatever is agreed upon

These are the conversations NLC/TUC will need to address.

I guess you know the government of Nigeria is a very difficult organisation to deal with. Also, it's not totally the work of the Organised Labour to make sure every employer pays the minimum wage, it actually is the prerogative of the Federal Government. Labour can negotiate for it but the Federal Government must oversee it after approving it. That's what obtains in sane countries..

FOLYKAZE:
What about resigning if the pay is too low?

These unproductive folks with six or more drivers assigned to a single car or four teachers assigned to a class and almost doing nothing at work. All they want is more money which will only add to economic woes. Your employer have indicated the amount they can pay, if they are not cool with it, they should all resign

You are dumb! Tueh!

adioolayi:
“It is important to explain here that a national minimum wage is not synonymous with the different pay structures of different states. The national minimum wage is the lowest floor below which no employer is allowed to pay." The statement above is where I have big issues with the leadership of NLC and TUC...over these years, what exactly have they done to employers that have not been paying NGN 30,000
What have they done to stop loads of private schools to stop paying teachers nonsense money, as low as NGN 15,000
What have they done to stop State Government, Local government fron paying their staffs less than NGN 30,000
Nigeria's employees are not FGN workers only..the regular stylist in the saloon, helpers that sweep people's compounds, gateman, various artisans, sales girl/boy, drivers, cook e.t.c are also Labours...who will fight for them?
How will NLC/TUC ensure these set of people get whatever is agreed upon
These are the conversations NLC/TUC will need to address.

These are very good questions that need to be addressed as well. But they can equally be addressed even as the adjustments to minimum wage are being made. The Government indeed has to be made to enforce the law even after the agreement is made.

McStoic:


I guess you know the government of Nigeria is a very difficult organisation to deal with. Also, it's not totally the work of the Organised Labour to make sure every employer pays the minimum wage, it actually is the prerogative of the Federal Government. Labour can negotiate for it but the Federal Government must oversee it after approving it. That's what obtains in sane countries..

Oh...it's the prerogative of the government to enforce minimum wage is being paid across board

Really If NLC/TUC are mere pressure groups for negotiation ONLY and the Government agrees and not implement ..what happens?

You don't think NLC/TUC responsibilities as a pressure group goes beyond negotiations only ...but actually enforcement of whatever that is agreed

Emekaonline:
Let's assume that today all state and federal workers are being paid N100k as the minimum wage. What will they do when the prices of essential commodity now multiplied by 10 like say the bag of rice jumps to N150k. Many foolish emergency economists will come here to lambast the government for the high prices of things? How can some people be so daft!

You are the daft one here. So it's better to keep on surviving on the old amount when the Sai inflation has rendered everyone poor. So the senators, the judiciary et al can have their own salaries and benefits increased but the workers salaries should not increased because of your mediocre thinking?

If God can eliminate this gang of looters called governor Nigeria problems is half solved . Some ex governors are more rich than an ex president

Dedeity:
Labour should not have called off the strike. Nigerian politicians are so heartless and wicked

Labour are so heartless and wicked

They only protest when they are not given their settlement money

Is it today they finally realized that cost of governance is high?

I gave up on labour the day Oshiomhole swapped khaki uniform of labour to become a governor.

They are no different from the politicians in office.

The dysfunctional shyyythole is a stupid joke💯💯💯
But when the people are ready, THE NEEDFUL WILL BE DONE 📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢

emerged01:

They cant even do that because of preparation of sallah. They wont dare it. They know their limitation.

True bro. They have all cowered back into their shells. Nobody is giving a fvck about them now.

Bobloco:


https://dailytrust.com/minimum-wage-labour-knocks-govs-for-rejecting-n60000/

made a lot of sense

most of these govs are not yet paying 30k how will they pay 60k?

Indefinite strike till a reasonable wage is signed.

Ground any state that refuses to pay the agreed minimum wage and you will see there's money to pay. Till then, nothing

Yolat129:
I love the way people comes together in this platform to show support for our dear country. even though majority are not a benefit of government salary earners. Be it yoruba, igbo or hausa, God will bless us all.

it will even benefits non government people...life is all about supply and demand...only when people who demand buys more is only when you can earn more...Nigeria economy is in a state whereby you must be rich to enjoy ordinary 3 square meal a day