Ekiti workers threaten to shut down govt activities over minimum wage Ekiti workers threaten to shut down govt activities over minimum wage
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The organised labour in Ekiti State has threatened to welcome the state government into the new year with a protest if Governor Kayode Fayemi’s administration fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustment to workers across the board.
The labour, which threatened to protest next week demanded that Governor Fayemi must pay all the promotion and salary arrears to all categories of workers as negotiated, to avert labour unrest in Ekiti.
Shortly after the minimum wage was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018, Governor Fayemi implemented the payment to workers on grade levels one to six, promising to effect across the board when the finances of the state improve.
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The labour unions reached the decision to protest at a meeting on Tuesday.
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The organised labour in Ekiti State has threatened to ‘greet the state government a happy new year with a protest’ and a strike in 2021 if it fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustment across board.
The workers also demanded that the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, should pay all the promotion and salary arrears to all categories of workers as negotiated, to avert labour industrial disharmony.
They contended that shortly after the minimum wage bill was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018, Mr Fayemi implemented the payment to workers on grade levels 01 to 06, promising to effect it across board when the finances of the state improve.