New Wage: Kwara TUC Urges Govt. To Curb Irrational Increase In Prices Of Commodities

Date: 2019-04-21

Comrade Kolawole Olumoh, the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Kwara has urged government at all levels to curb any irrational increase in the prices of commodities.

Olumoh stated this on Sunday in Ilorin while speaking with the Newsmen on the presidential assent to the new minimum wage bill.

The TUC leader, who applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for giving Nigerian workers a new wage, noted however that the concern was that marketers and manufacturers would increase prices of their products irrationally.

"We appreciate the President for the quick assent and a promise fulfilled. "However, it is of concern that marketers and manufacturers alike seize this as an opportunity to irrationally increase prices of their products "This will impact negatively on the increased value of our wages,'' he said. Olumoh explained that for the purchasing power of a new minimum wage to be useful, impactful and effective, government at all levels must assist in protecting and enforcing measures that would curb irrational increase in prices of commodities.

This, the trade union leader said would safeguard the workers, citizens and the economy as a whole.

He also urged the president to order the release the state share of Paris Club refund to enable the payment of all outstanding arrears of salaries and pensions owed the state workers and retirees.

"We want to appeal to the president to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the non-release of Paris Club refund to Kwara State.

"There is a serious need for this so as to enable the state to pay-off all outstanding arrears of salaries and pensions being owed as well as to offset indebtedness to state Parastatals and MDAs.

"This is an appeal on behalf of starving Kwara workers and inhabitants as a whole," the TUC boss said. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saidu Yaro Musa     LAK Jimoh     Oko-Erin     Dankaka     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Third Estate     Tafidan Kaiama     Razak Atunwa     Orire     3MTT     Bankole Omishore     Saeedat Aliyu     Jimoh Bashir     Oyun     Deji Ajani     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Baba Issa     Www.Kwarareports.com     Ahman Pategi University     Tafida Of Kaiama     Rueben Parejo     Ajidagba     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Samuel Adedoyin     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Kwara North     Pakata Development Association     Modupe Oluwole     Amule     Tunji Moronfoye     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Seed Technologies     Taofik Abdulkareem     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Saadu Alanamu     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Unilorin     Fareedah Dankaka     Bello Oyedepo     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Adedipe     Gabriel Fashanu     Abatemi Usman     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Orisun Igbomina     Onikijipa     National Pilot     Quran     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Quareeb     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Simon Sayomi     Lola Ashiru     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Kwara United     Fulani     Royal FM     Ishola Abdullahi     Muhammed Aliyu     Raymond Olaitan     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Ilorin International Airport     Suleiman Ajadi     CELF     Ibrahim Orire     Baaziki Sulaiman     Issa Manzuma     New Nigeria People’s Party     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Ethical College     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Bolaji Abdullahi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Abraysports FC     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Code Of Conduct Bureau     NNPP     Hijab     Yahaya Seriki     Www.Kwarareports.com     Ayobami Akanbi     Umar Sanda Yusuf     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Kayode Yusuf     Atiku     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Ademola Kiyesola     Ekiti     Ayo Opadokun     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Orire     Shonga     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Tunji Olawuyi     Federal Allocation     Split Diamond Interchange     Guber Aspirant     Moses Rahman Popoola     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Labaeka     COEASU     Kayode Zubair     Police Commissioner     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Adisa Logun     Kale Kawu     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Zaratu Umar     Oko-Olowo     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Kwara State Government     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     KWATMA     Buhari     Idowu Laro     Local Government     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Aremu Bose Deborah     Muhammed Akanbi     Mary Arinde     Shuaib Olarongbe     Aisha Buhari     ASUU     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Tafida Of Kaiama     Air Peace     Saka Onimago     Deji Ajani     Sanusi Abubakar     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Lanre Badmas     Shuaibu Yaman     Mohammed Lawal     Mohammed Saidu     NURTW     Oloye     Quarry Royal Valley     University Road     Maigida Soludero Transit     Lawal Olohungbebe