New minimum wage: NLC rejects offer from Kwara govt

Date: 2020-02-05

The meeting between the labour unions and Kwara government on minimum wage ended in deadlock on Tuesday.

The government made fact-based presentations to the labour unions on what it can afford without going to borrow to pay salary.

However, the governor in a statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor said the Labour unions rejected its proposal.

The Governor added that the proposal from labour is 'very scary and hardly sustainable in Kwara state.'

The statement read in part: "The proposal given to Labour unions includes that no worker will earn below the 30,000 minimum wage enacted by the Minimum Wage Act. We also made suggestions on the consequential adjustments as they affect the other cadres.

"Our initial proposal to the labour, which they have rejected, means that Kwara will now spend 85% of its allocation on public sector workers alone, up from the current 75%, while well over 3.450million Kwarans, will struggle with the remaining 15% percent. This is very scary and hardly sustainable if we want to develop."

Abdulrazaq said his adminstration will keep persuading "labour union leaders to temper their demands with the financial realities of the state which they are privy to."

"Indeed, the state government will soon make them a new offer based on the emerging realities of the state. It is important to note that the 2020 budget had been predicated on $57 per barrel of crude oil. But today the price of crude oil has fallen to $54 and that means the financial projection of the country and indeed the state has been seriously altered.

"Nonetheless, we believe that the labour union leaders and indeed the entire work force are patriotic citizens who fully appreciate the peculiar situation of Kwara at the moment. We urge the workers' unions to kindly see reasons why we cannot afford to go borrowing to pay salary in the face of yawning infrastructural deficits and underdevelopment," the statement added.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kumbi Titiloye     Agbarere     Amos Justus Sayo     Ifelodun     LAK Jimoh     Sambo Murtala     Adama Isa     Royal FM     Taofeek Ibraheem     AbdulRahman Saad     Ben Duntoye     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Muhammed Aliyu     Garba Idris Ajia     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Onilu     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Hauwa Nuru     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Pacify Labs     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Mustapha Olanipekun     Niyi Ogundiran     Quarry Royal Valley     Kawu     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Dasuki Belgore     Emmanuel Bello     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Abubakar Imam     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Solomon Edoja     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ajasse-Ipo     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     IPSAS     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Hassanat Bello     Yahya Mohammed     Vasolar Consortium     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Bola Tinubu     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Pategi     Leke Ogungbe     Nupe     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     KWASAA     Kwara State Governor     Ilorin International Airport     Shehu Salau     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Tunde Oyawoye     Iliasu     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Kwara Restoration Project     Jelili Yusuf     Toyin Abdullahi     Omoniyi     Public Holiday     Taofeek Sanusi     Nigerian Correctional Service     TESCOM     Baruba     Gobir     Olupako     Elewu     Lithium    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lateef Alagbonsi     AbdulGafar Tosho     Tsaragi/Share     Apaokagi     Bello Abubakar     Bankole Omishore     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Charcoal     QuickWin     IHS Towers     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Olatomiwa Williams     Okin Biscuits     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Hussein Oloyede     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Olatunji Ibrahim     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Odolaye Aremu     Alaiye     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Zulu Gambari     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Al-Ilory     Olokoba     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     CCT     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Students Union Government     Kwara Restoration Project     Gbemi Saraki     United Nigeria Congress Party     Yahaya Jibril Usman     SWAN     Manzuma     Jide Oyinloye     Halimah Perogi     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Laboratory-to-Product     FERMA     Saliu Ajia     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Aliyu Alhassan     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Share-Tsaragi     Damilola Yusuf     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Ilesha Gwanara Road     College Of Education     General Hospital     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Owode Market     Code Of Conduct Bureau     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Niyi Ogundiran     Joseph Offorjama     Obayomi Azeez     Abdulkadir Orire     Kazeem Gbolagade     Amos Justus Sayo     Kwara 2015     AGILE Programme     Ibrahim Orire     PharmAccess Foundation     Pacify Labs