Labour unions want Enugu Govt. to adopt proposed minimum wage

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Labour unions in Enugu State have charged the state government to be prepared to adopt the N30,000 minimum wage proposed by organised labour.

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The labour unions comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), United Labour Congress (ULC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) made the call on Tuesday during a mobilization rally in Enugu.

The Chairman of the NLC in the state, Mr Virginus Nwobodo said that workers in the state would no longer accept a pay chart other than that centrally prepared for a minimum wage.

Nwobodo said that the implementation of the 2011 minimum wage in the state was a far cry from what was done in other states, adding that workers in the state were the least paid in the country.

“What the then administration in the state did was to award either N5,000 or N10, 000 to workers depending on your grade level and we have lived with it till today.

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