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.

Ayinde Oyepitan     George Innih     Akanji     Ganmo     CBT     Undergraduate Bursary     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     NSCIA     Yusuf Mubarak     Yakubu Shaaba     Mohammed Ibrahim     Forgo Battery     Olugbense     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Musibau Akanji     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Kanu Agabi     Kwara Consultative Forum     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Abdulwahab Ololele     Mujtabah Bature     Awodun     Col. Taiwo     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Wahab Isa     Olosi Of Osi     Balogin Alanamu     John Kehinde Salako     Kayode Yusuf     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     KWACOBPA     Dasuki Belgore     Igosun     Radio Kwara     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Razak Atunwa     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     High Court     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Kulende-UITH     Bello Abubakar     Bature Bello     Haleeman Salman     Halimah Perogi     Ndama Al-hassan     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Kabir Shagaya     National Association Of Nigerian Students     National Broadcasting Commission     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Offa Descendants Union     Shaaba Lafiagi     Al-Ilory     Kwara Metro Park     Yemi Osinbajo     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Temitope Ogunbanke     Balogun Fulani     Kwara State Governor     Amina El-Imam     Yahaya Dumoye     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Akeem Lawal     JAAC     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Ilesha-Gwanara     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Bamikole Omishore     Mohammed Abdulahi     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Oniyangi     Share/Tsaragi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Centre For Digital Economy     Flights To Ilorin     African Democratic Congress     Ita-Nmo Market     Madawaki     UNILORIN Alumni     Kale Ayo     Harmony Holdings     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Tope Daramola     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Olugbense     Quranic Recitation Competition     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Ganiyu Abolarin     Radio Kwara     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Suleiman Abubakar     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Sulyman Tejidini     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Yekeen Alabi     Afonja Descendants Union     Abdullahi Samari     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Onikijipa     Ile Arugbo     Oko-Erin     Idris Garuba     SARS     Sabi     Toyin Abdullahi     Pacify Labs     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Bisi Oyeleke     Lanre Aremu     Lotus Bank     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Olatunji Ibrahim     Mohammed Haruna     Ahman Pategi University     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     KSIRS     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Oke-Ode     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Aso-ofi     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Femi Ogunsola     Olatunde Jare     Joseph Bamigboye     Vasolar Consortium     Yakubu Shaaba     JAAC     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Olaiya Lawal     Funmilayo Mohammed     Samuel Adaramola     Alimi     CCB     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Arandun     Olatunde Olukoya     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Odolaye Aremu     Binta Sulyman     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Ijagbo Health Centre     Kwara University Of Education     Adedipe