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We’ll Shut Down Any State Defaulting To Pay N70,000 Minimum Wage -Civil Servants
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, says it will cripple the activities of states that fail to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage.
President of the Association, Shehu Muhammed, gave the threat on Monday during the association’s 5th Quadrennial Delegates Conference in Lagos, where he emerged as the new president.
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“For states not ready to implement the new minimum wage, let me tell you categorically, it is impossible. We are coming for them,” Muhammed said,
He urged state governments to implement the new wage to improve the standard of living of their citizens since the incomes of state governments have continued to rise following enhanced allocation from the Federal Account Allocation Committee, FAAC.
According to him, states could achieve this by reducing wastages and blocking leakages of government funds, advising states to embrace the policy of indexing income to correspond with the rate of inflation.
ASCSN new President said “the most important priority now is to address the issue of the new minimum wage by constituting a committee to address the consequential adjustments towards implementation and the strategies to ensure workers have a living wage in Nigeria.
“The full implementation of the new national minimum wage and its consequential adjustments at both the federal and the 36 states of the federation will be the top priority of Organised Labour.”
Earlier, the Secretary General of the Association, Joshua Apebo argued that following the increase in allocation from the Federal Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, since the removal of fuel subsidy, the state governors should immediately implement the new minimum wage to improve the standard of living of their citizens.
He said “We request that state governments implement the new national minimum wage to enhance the standard of living for their citizens. This can be achieved by reducing wastages and blocking leakages of government funds. We also advise the government to adopt the policy of indexing income to match inflation rates, as recommended years ago by the Chief Ernest Shonekan committee.”
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Delivering a solidarity message, the President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Festus Osifo, promised to support the new executives to ensure the interests of workers were protected.
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He urged the new leadership to put the interest of the union first and those who elected them into office.
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