EDO STATE GOVERNOR INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE TO MARK WORKER'S DAY.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of
Edo State on Sunday
announced a new minimum
wage of N25,000 with effect
from May 1, 2016 for
workers.Oshiomhole who was
addressing a rally organised by
the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC) and Trade Union
Congress (TUC), to mark this
year’s Workers’ Day at the
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in
Benin, announced the
increment from the
presentN18, 000
minimum.“With effect from
today, the new minimum wage
for government workers shall
now beN25,000, and the new
minimum wage willcut across
board”, the former trade union
leader said.The workers who
before the announcement had
expressed dissatisfaction over
their poor welfare jumped for
joy and happily marched in
appreciation of the new
minimum wage as announced by
the Governor.Earlier in their
respective speeches, the
Chairman of NLC, Comrade
Emma Ademokun and his TUC
counterpart, Comrade Ohue
Marshal, had expressed
concern over a number of
problems affecting
Nigerians.Some of them are the
persistent scarcity of petroleum
product, epileptic power supply
and illegal electricity tariff
increase.They also mentioned
spiralling increase in cost of
living, insecurity, kidnapping,
rampaging herdsmen, Boko
Haram, irregular payment of
salaries resulting in
accumulation of arrears,
growing rate of unemployment
with the attendant social
vices.The Workers’ Day rally
was however marred with low
turn out of workers.The new
wage minimum wage comes at a
time no fewer than 27 states in
Nigeria are finding it difficult
to pay workers.

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