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.

Jebba     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Bluenile Associates     Elerinjare     Simon Sayomi     Adedeji Onimago     Tsado Manman     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Olatunde Michaels     Saka Saadu     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Balogun-Ojomu     Olofa Of Offa     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     International Aviation College     Shao     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Isau     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Funmi Salau     Lawal Olohungbebe     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Olabanji Orilonishe     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Alaiye     CLAY POT     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Ajasse-Ipo     HICA     Assayomo     Galland Marcias     Hausa     Sa\'adu Salahu     Mike Omotosho     Col. Adedipe     Saad Omo Iya     Bolakale Ayo     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Federal Allocation     Ayekale     Olam Food Ingredients     Monsurat Omotosho     IF-K     Ibrahim Gambari     Bello Abubakar     JAMB     Nurudeen Mohammed     Muazam Nayaya     Wahab Agbaje     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Sai Kayi     Baba Issa     Lateef Fagbemi     Dagbalodo     Mahee Abdulkadir     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Aliyu Sabi     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Chikanda     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Kulende-UITH     Baakini     Usman Rifun     Igbomina     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Oniwasi Agbaye     Oyun     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Adeniyi Ojo     Awoye     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Idris Garuba    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

AGF Abdulrazaq     Awili Pedro     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Kwara State Fire Service     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Bankole Omisore     Bolakale Ayo     Saliu Oluwole     Bolaji Aladie     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Kayode Issa     Magaji Erubu     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     AbdulHamid Adi     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Sadiq Buhari     Christopher Ayeni     Unicontinental Construction Company     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Jawondo     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Sheriff Shagaya     Abatemi Usman     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Galadiman Ngeri     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Busari Alabi Alausa     Sunday Popo-Ola     Arca Santa     Na\'Allah     Eruku     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Kwara State Television     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Hassan Oyeleke     Ali Ahmad     Kwara State Governor     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Muazam Nayaya     Aminu Adisa Logun     Shagari     Adedeji Onimago     John Olajide Adedipe     Bukola Saraki     Oke-Kura     Sulyman Tejidini     Yakub Ali-Agan     Rueben Parejo     Moji Makanjuola     Gobir Organization Foundation     Gbugbu     Bureau Of Lands     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Onikijipa     Ojo Fadumila     Valsolar     Kwara Pdp     Yusuf Arowosaye     Musa Abdullahi     Bankole Omishore     Oni Adebayo     Salihu Ajia     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Ethical College     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Paul Odama     Modibbo Kawu