Labour Union
Workers underneath the umbrella of All Workers Convergence (AWC) on Monday issued a 21-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to make pronouncement on the September date of recent minimal wage.
National Coordinator of the union, Comrade Andrew Emelieze, made this recognized whereas addressing a press convention on the convention room of Federal Secretariat Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
He additionally condemned a assertion credited to the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, that the federal authorities might not pay a new minimal wage in September as earlier promised.
The staff threatened that failure to reassure staff inside 21 days would result in a nationwide strike.
Emelieze mentioned; “This to us confirms that our authorities is insensitive to the plight of the employees, that authorities could be very removed from the individuals and equally uncaring and callous.
“We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally announce and reassure the Nigeria workers that September promise is still feasible and failure to do so in the next twenty one days, Nigeria workers shall be compelled to embark on a one-day nationwide warning strike come 2nd July 2018.”