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          Labour begins indefinite wage strike November 6

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          Unless the Federal Government announces a new
          minimum wage, organised labour will embark on an indefinite strike from November
          6, 2018.

          “If nothing is responsibly done by the Federal Government to meet our
          demands, on Monday, the 6th day of November, we shall embark on a nationwide
          strike to compel this government to show more sensitivity to the plight of
          Nigerians and the suffering that is decimating our people on daily basis,” said
          a statement by labour leaders.

          The statement was signed by the President of Nigeria Labour Congress
          (NLC), Ayuba Wabba; his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Bobboi Kaigama;
          and President of the United Labour Congress (ULC), Joe Ajaero, in Abuja on
          Sunday.
          A seven-day warning strike it staged earlier was called off September
          30, three days after it began. Labour had wanted the Federal Government to
          reconvene the tripartite national minimum wage committee.
          The organised labour denied government’s argument that the committee did
          not agree on a figure during its last sitting. “We accepted N30,000 as a
          compromise to demonstrate the willingness of Nigerian workers to make
          sacrifices towards nation building. Anything to the contrary, no matter the
          quantum and character of the din or how well couched it may appear, cannot be
          true. 
          Resorting to Goebbelsianism at this time of national emergency, which
          requires men and women of integrity, is rather unfortunate and cannot suddenly
          make the brazen falsehoods truths.”
          The labour leaders said: “We cannot continue discussing a figure that
          has already been agreed procedurally within the committee.
          What we are waiting for is for the Federal Government to immediately set
          in motion the necessary machinery for turning the agreement into a bill for
          onward submission to the National Assembly, where we expect the presidency to
          work together with the legislators to make it a law so that it can be
          implemented quickly.
          “We are not amused by the feeble
          and laughable attempt the Federal Government is making to intimidate and cow
          the trade union movement and its leadership in the country all in a bid to
          subjugate the will of Nigerian workers over the national minimum wage. Let us
          today remember those who deny us and let us collectively demonstrate our
          position at next year’s polls.”
          Confirming the outcome of the last meeting on the proposed figure from
          the Organised Private Sector (OPS), the director general designate, Nigerian
          Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Timothy Olawale, said:
          “We have concluded. We have a majority figure which was N30,000, which was what
          we all agreed on. 
          However, there was a minority voice from the Federal
          Government that it would not be sustainable for government and they proposed
          N24,000. But we insisted that we were closing discussion and we were leaving it
          at N30,000.”
          Olawale however pleaded with the organised labour not to embark on
          strike, adding that if it does, the private sector should be excluded.
          The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions
          (NASU) meanwhile has berated the Federal Economic Council for approving 15 per
          cent of the annual budget for education at the twilight of the current
          administration.
          The general secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, said 20 per cent would
          have been more appropriate because given the low budget of the country, a mere
          15 per cent would not make noticeable impact.
          He said: “The so-called 15 per cent is even grossly inadequate because
          right now, what our universities are doing is to rely on the Tertiary Education
          Trust Fund (TETFund) to bridge the gaps that have been created as a result of
          inadequate funding.
          Government talks about intervention funds, which is a clear admittance
          that government is not funding education properly through the budgetary system.
          I think if government is serious about funding education, they should start
          from 20 per cent to make any impact.
           In fact, we need to ask the 15
          per cent or 20 per cent of what? What is even the size of the budget itself for
          the percentage allotted to make sense?
          So, the size of the budget determines the quantum of impact that is
          expected. Right now, our budgetary allocation cannot be said to be extremely
          high.”

          The Guardian

          Unless the Federal Government announces a new
          minimum wage, organised labour will embark on an indefinite strike from November
          6, 2018.

          “If nothing is responsibly done by the Federal Government to meet our
          demands, on Monday, the 6th day of November, we shall embark on a nationwide
          strike to compel this government to show more sensitivity to the plight of
          Nigerians and the suffering that is decimating our people on daily basis,” said
          a statement by labour leaders.

          The statement was signed by the President of Nigeria Labour Congress
          (NLC), Ayuba Wabba; his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Bobboi Kaigama;
          and President of the United Labour Congress (ULC), Joe Ajaero, in Abuja on
          Sunday.
          A seven-day warning strike it staged earlier was called off September
          30, three days after it began. Labour had wanted the Federal Government to
          reconvene the tripartite national minimum wage committee.
          The organised labour denied government’s argument that the committee did
          not agree on a figure during its last sitting. “We accepted N30,000 as a
          compromise to demonstrate the willingness of Nigerian workers to make
          sacrifices towards nation building. Anything to the contrary, no matter the
          quantum and character of the din or how well couched it may appear, cannot be
          true. 
          Resorting to Goebbelsianism at this time of national emergency, which
          requires men and women of integrity, is rather unfortunate and cannot suddenly
          make the brazen falsehoods truths.”
          The labour leaders said: “We cannot continue discussing a figure that
          has already been agreed procedurally within the committee.
          What we are waiting for is for the Federal Government to immediately set
          in motion the necessary machinery for turning the agreement into a bill for
          onward submission to the National Assembly, where we expect the presidency to
          work together with the legislators to make it a law so that it can be
          implemented quickly.
          “We are not amused by the feeble
          and laughable attempt the Federal Government is making to intimidate and cow
          the trade union movement and its leadership in the country all in a bid to
          subjugate the will of Nigerian workers over the national minimum wage. Let us
          today remember those who deny us and let us collectively demonstrate our
          position at next year’s polls.”
          Confirming the outcome of the last meeting on the proposed figure from
          the Organised Private Sector (OPS), the director general designate, Nigerian
          Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Timothy Olawale, said:
          “We have concluded. We have a majority figure which was N30,000, which was what
          we all agreed on. 
          However, there was a minority voice from the Federal
          Government that it would not be sustainable for government and they proposed
          N24,000. But we insisted that we were closing discussion and we were leaving it
          at N30,000.”
          Olawale however pleaded with the organised labour not to embark on
          strike, adding that if it does, the private sector should be excluded.
          The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions
          (NASU) meanwhile has berated the Federal Economic Council for approving 15 per
          cent of the annual budget for education at the twilight of the current
          administration.
          The general secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, said 20 per cent would
          have been more appropriate because given the low budget of the country, a mere
          15 per cent would not make noticeable impact.
          He said: “The so-called 15 per cent is even grossly inadequate because
          right now, what our universities are doing is to rely on the Tertiary Education
          Trust Fund (TETFund) to bridge the gaps that have been created as a result of
          inadequate funding.
          Government talks about intervention funds, which is a clear admittance
          that government is not funding education properly through the budgetary system.
          I think if government is serious about funding education, they should start
          from 20 per cent to make any impact.
           In fact, we need to ask the 15
          per cent or 20 per cent of what? What is even the size of the budget itself for
          the percentage allotted to make sense?
          So, the size of the budget determines the quantum of impact that is
          expected. Right now, our budgetary allocation cannot be said to be extremely
          high.”

          The Guardian

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