Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the state government to release its members' shares certificates bought through the government a few years ago and also review minimum wage of the workers.

Addressing workers on May Day, the NLC Chairman, Comrade Farooq Umar Akanbi, said that failure of government to give the workers their shares certificates would amount to defrauding them.

According to him, "we remain convinced that government meant well by introducing Kwara workers to the purchase of Zenith Bank shares through loan.

"It is on record that the said loan had been fully repaid by the workers yet those affected are denied their share certificates, divideds and bonuses over the last four years.

"Whatever the issues are between the state government and Zenith Registrar, they had better be resolved on time such that an average worker does not feel defrauded and deprived of his or her legitimate entitlement.

"While we continue to acknowledge and appreciate the fact that Kwara was one of the states to adopt the N18,000 new minimum wage, our salary table remains low when compared to a number of states in the country.

"After all, beyond being workers, we equally constitute a larger part of the electorate and even party supporters.

"We feel encouraged by the on-going dialogue in the Public Service Joint Negotiating Council.

"It is our prayer that this will be conducted with dispatch in the spirit of guaranteeing industrial harmony as workers cannot be made to wait endlessly."