Ogun State To Pay 30,500 Minimum Wage

The Organised Labour and also the Ogun State Government have actually settled on the settlement of N30,500 base pay for employees in the State with impact from January 1, 2020, DAILY POSTreports

This was had in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the arrangement got to and also authorized by the agents of Organised Labour which made up: Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and also The Head of Service, Tpl (Mrs) Amope Chokor, that led federal government delegation.

DAILY POST discovered that both parties settled on the Consequential Adjustment of 27 percent for quality degree 07, GL 08 (20%), GL 09 (19%), GL 10 to 14 (15%) and also GL 15 to 17 (14%).

Speaking after authorizing the MOU, the Head of Service applauded the Organised Labour for their assistance and also understanding within the previous 8 weeks of settlement and also gave thanks to the Governor for the great motion which would certainly stimulate the employees to be a lot more efficient and also effective in their solution distribution to the people of theState

“We thank God for the past eight weeks and finally, we have agreed with the labour and we thank his Excellency, the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR, for approving #30,500 minimum wage for workers. We believe that this good gesture of Government will make our workers to be more productive and efficient, and it will translate to more effective service delivery in the State; so that the people can benefit from it,” the HoS claimed.

Speaking in behalf of Organised Labour, the chairman, JNC, Comrade Olanrewaju Folorunsho gave thanks to the Governor for taking the strong action in authorizing the base pay.

While valuing the employees for their perseverance throughout the settlement, he billed them to reciprocate the motion by striving to bring even more riches to OgunState

On his component, the Chairman, NLC, Comrade Emmanuel Bankole, claimed that the arrangement was checked in the rate of interest of the employees of the State after they considered its price and also sustainability, stating that it would certainly be a spirits booster for the employees generally