May Day: NLC demands implementation of N30,000 minimum wage in Kwara

Date: 2020-05-01

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the Kwara Government to ensure immediate and full implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage to its workers. The union said the implementation must be done in the face of economic hardship as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in the state.

The congress made the appeal in a statement issued by its Kwara Chapter Chairman, Alhaji Issa Ore, to commemorate the 2020 May Day celebration on Friday in Ilorin.

The union also sought the implementation of the new wage alongside other demands pending before the state government.

"In the face of the hardship which Nigerians are currently going through as a result of the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 and its effects on the economy, we want to appeal to the state government to ensure the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage for workers," Ore said.

The NLC leader, however, charged workers in the state to abide by all precautionary measures listed by experts and government to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus.

In compliance with the measures to contain the spread, Ore said the state chapter had decided to observe this year's May Day celebration in a low key.

He urged all workers to stay at home in addition to observing physical and social distancing.

The union leader saluted the perseverance of workers, market women, artisans, transporters, pensioners and the general public on the economic hardship imposed on them by the effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic.

He, however, commended the state government for being proactive in rolling out measures to contain the spread of the disease, which he noted had slowed down the spread of the virus in the state.

He also expressed the congress' delight that the state had commenced distribution of palliatives to the poorest of the poor, urging the government to monitor its distribution.

The labour leader urged employers of labour at all levels to provide hand sanitizer and face masks to workers to contain the spread of the disease.

NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Joana Nnazua Kolo     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Kwara Basketball Association     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Saheed Akinwumi     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Oniwasi Agbaye     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Islamic Development Bank     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Turaki     Abdulkadir Orire     TESCOM 2025     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     IPSAS     Oyawoye     Park     LAK Jimoh     Eleyele     Yunus Oniboki     Ogbondoroko     Lanre Aremu     ITP     Bolaji Abdullahi     Charcoal     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     GAMA     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Shonga Farm Project     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Igbomina     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Jide Oyinloye     Alao Ayotunde     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Oko     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Ahmed Dankaya     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ibrahim Bio     Olayinka Olaogun     Owo Isowo     AIT Ilorin     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Talaka Parapo     Offa Poly     International Aviation College     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Solomon Edojah     Saka Abimbola Isau     Aliyu Sabi     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Akanbi-Oke     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Bahago     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Dairo Kunle Paul     Durosinlohun Atiku     Unilorin     Farouk Salim     Zainab Abass     Valsolar Consultoria     Mustapha Olanipekun     Hakeem Idris     Segun Abifarin     Joseph Offorjama     Mohammed Yisa     Okedare     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Baba-Isale     Emir Of Shonga     Amuda Aluko     Hassan Taiye Salam     Nigeria Customs Service     Baba Isale    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Split Diamond Interchange     Just Law Forum     Isiaka Oniwa     Na\'Allah     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Elewu     CELF     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Law School Scholarship     Baba Issa Awoye     Moses Afolayan     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Olugbense     Yahaya Muhammad     Ayedun     Abubakar Ndakene     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Muhammadu Gobir     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Monkey Pox     Kola Adesina     Galland Marcias     Diagnostic Centre     Afonja     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Moro     Sabi     Sai Kayi     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Hamid Bobboyi     Muhammed Aliyu     Opobiyi     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Idiagbon     Iyaloja-General     Salman Jawondo     Lanre Badmus     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Dairo Kunle Paul     Toyin Falola     Bayo Ojo     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Alaiye     Gobirawa     Ahmed Alhasssan     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Ramat Oganija     Abatemi Usman     Lawan     Gamji Members Association     Muhammed Abdullahi     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Muhammad Yahya     Oba-Solagberu     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Ethical College     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Sherif Shagaya     Shaaba Lafiagi     Abubakar Imam     Makama Of Kaiama     Amuda Musbau     Micheal Imoudu     Ilofa     Age AbdulKareem     Ayekale     United Nigeria Airline     Harmony Holdings     Olaiya Lawal     Hassan A. Saliu     Kehinde Boyede