₦airaland Forum

Thank God that my lovely state, Ebonyi is there

Where are all the South Eastern States o?


And they will come here and be shouting Igbo Amaka upandan!!


Lemme catch anybody again!!

itsme01:
All are APC state including Ebonyi Umahi

Conspiratoral propaganda at it best.

Fulanis are ANTI NIGERIA.....
Their son "@General Buhari": cannot love us....... because their eye is fixed on our ancestral heritage.

diplomat058:
I think the inclusion of Ebonyi is very misleading. I am right here in Ebonyi and a Civil Servant told me that what was agreed on was an upward review of the status quo, not the payment of the exact 30K

As it is now, Ebonyi State's Civil Servants are one the least remunerated in the country. A Graduate enlisted in the State's Teaching Service, here, collects as low as 27K monthly.

I am serving here and my above statement is based on the discussions I had with the Public Schools' Teachers who are B.Sc/B.Ed graduates

but here in katsina a fresh graduate ie b.sc /b.ed collects 42k now before the 30k minimum wage

Where's the governor that put his state in the hands of God?

donproject:
Minimum wage has always been gateway to inflation in Nigeria's economy. Checking chronology pattern of minimum wage and inflation duet, one will see that there is this one-one correspondence and dependency between the two, one greatly effects another.

Solution to workers financial problems is by no means upward review of minimum wage, but by total price control of goods and services. Higher minimum wage means more cash, less value that legal tenders possess and constant market evaluation. Things will always balance up to remain as it was before. What N10 will buy 10years ago, N100 will buy it this present day, so what is the point?

since minimum wage was 18000 about 6-8 years ago did we not experience inflation? Why did you not state this policy then? Nonsense beer parlour analyst

felixedet:
Conspiratoral propaganda at it best.

Fulanis are ANTI NIGERIA.....
Their son "@General Buhari": cannot love us....... because their eye is fixed on our ancestral heritage.

Stop fearing Fulani like you are slaves to them, they are barely 15 million, yoruba and ibo are 40 and 38 million plus

it is quite shamefull seeing you guys cry wail and worship fulani

average fulani is trying to live his life cater for his family and doesnt even know much about politics

.

Very heartless for one. Second why only the states in the north?
E be like say we no get home for this country at all. SMH

madridguy:
Amount not up to 100 usa dollar With current exchange rate. Nigeria leaders are heartless.

kingkhan:
but here in katsina a fresh graduate ie b.sc /b.ed collects 42k now before the 30k minimum wage

42K is still kinda OK. The salary scale here is ridiculous.

erico2k2:
Howmany people dey work there?

They have workers there .Check the recent census ,you will see that they even have more population compared to the southern states

Sokoto is ready too, a Committee has been inaugurated since last month to checkmate the modalities

PotatoSalad:
Where's the governor that put his state in the hands of God?

No dy call that one
Na clown him be
He gats pay him social media aide

diplomat058:
I think the inclusion of Ebonyi is very misleading. I am right here in Ebonyi and a Civil Servant told me that what was agreed on was an upward review of the status quo, not the payment of the exact 30K

As it is now, Ebonyi State's Civil Servants are one the least remunerated in the country. A Graduate enlisted in the State's Teaching Service, here, collects as low as 27K monthly.

I am serving here and my above statement is based on the discussions I had with the Public Schools' Teachers who are B.Sc/B.Ed graduates

my brother you can't get facts from civil servant.. Civil servant and politicians are thieves...

Where are they chest beaters State? Shame on South South, South East and South West, poor North are the one to pay, Corruption Corruption Corruption in the South I can't imaging, if it comes to noise making they make more than Drumps, and the Dubs are silent about it, hypocrisy people.

What the hell is happening to Rivers State??

* Threatens strike in Kogi, Taraba, C’ River

Frank Ikpefan, Abuja

About ten states have concluded negotiations with workers on consequential adjustments and ready to implement the N30, 000 national minimum wage, the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has said.

Already, workers in Lagos and Kaduna, along with those at the Federal level, have started enjoying the new minimum wage.

The states, which have concluded discussions on consequential adjustments, according to NLC are:
Adamawa,
Bauchi,
Borno,
Jigawa,
Kaduna,
Kano,
Katsina,
Kebbi,
Lagos and
Ebonyi.

NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who appeared on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Monday, said the ten states met the December 31, 2019 deadline set by organised labour.

Organised labour had on December 11, 2019 at a meeting with its state chairmen in Abuja, set December 31 of the same year for all state governors to conclude negotiations with workers in their states following an agreement with the Federal Government on October 18, 2019.

President Buhari had in April 2019 signed the new wage bill aimed at boosting the morale of the Nigerian workers into law.

On October 18, 2019 after about six months of negotiations, the Federal Government reached an agreement with organised labour on the consequential adjustments after a lengthy negotiation process that dragged for months.

The federal government and organised labour agreed on per cent increase of 23.2 for workers on level seven and 20 per cent for workers on level eight, while it agreed on 19 per cent increase for workers on level nine.

Also, both the federal government and organised labour reached an agreement on 16 per cent salary increase for workers on level 10- 14 and 14 per cent increase for workers on level 15-17.

Wabba said about 23 states were still on the discussion table with labour leaders in their states on consequential adjustments.

He insisted that state governor do not have any reason not to pay the N30,000 minimum wage.
According to Wabba, the new wage is binding on all states following Buhari’s assent.

He said: “We are actually on tract. The Federal Government has set the pace. They have been able to meet up with all the obligations, including payment of arrears. Let us also not lose sight of the fact that from the day the President assented to the bill, it becomes a law. Therefore, states have no reason not to respect a law that had been enacted.

“So far so good, we have about ten states that have concluded the process of collective bargaining and some have commenced payment. They are in three categories. First are the states that have respected the deadline (December 31). They are Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Lagos and Ebonyi.

“We have those (states) that are still on the table and they have until yesterday (January 5) to complete the process. This constitutes about 23 states that are on the discussion table and we have seen commitments.

“We insist on the process of collective bargaining because we don’t want an allocation of peanuts to workers. The principle of collective bargaining is enshrined in international law that workers should be able to know what they will be paid because the N30, 000 is already a law. What we are discussing is the consequential adjustment.

“That is why the unions are interested in looking at the details before they sign. Some (states) will want to pay peanut and that is what we are trying to avoid.”

The NLC president said that three states – Cross River, Kogi and Taraba, had yet to set up a committee to negotiate the consequential adjustments, warning that organised labour may be forced to declare a strike.

Wabba said the leadership of the NLC will meet with those of the Trade Union Congress and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) to review the situation state by state and take action.

“We have three states that are yet to commence anything. We have Cross River, Kogi and Taraba state. These states are yet to even constitute the negotiating committee and these three states have not shown enough commitment to actually start the process of negotiating and implementing the minimum wage.

“We will engage them but certainly there must be a time to conclude all those processes. Because when we allow the arrears to accumulate then it becomes compounded.

“Certainly, we are not going to set another deadline. That will be on the basic of specific request from states but the deadline we have set for December 31 2019 certainly stands.

“We are going to engage all those states (still on the negotiating table) in the weeks to come in the normal way of labour. We are not fully satisfied but we need to commend those states, particularly the ten that I have mentioned that have actually complied. If the ten that I have mentioned have complied then other states have no reason (not to comply).

“If need be in a particular state where government remains adamant workers will have no option than to go on strike because workers are not slaves. That is the only instrument that we have which is recognised by law.

“Our structures will have meet within the week. The NLC leadership, TUC and JPSNC. We will review the situation state by state and where we need to send in intervention we will send intervention from the leadership and where we need to take some action we will also make sure that workers’ interest are not undermined,” he added.

https://thenationonlineng.net/10-states-ready-to-pay-n30-000-minimum-wage-says-nlc/

It is a shame that crude oil producing states like Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom state can not pay the minimun wage.

What about States like Edo state with all the Oshiomole NLC labour connection and Cross Rivers with all the impact of Donald Duke still can not pay the minimun wage.

Corruption is a big problem in southern Nigeria.

Mypeople2:
They have workers there .Check the recent census ,you will see that they even have more population compared to the southern states

Dont forget we talking civil servants

Ready but not paying hmmm

golddust6000:
Are you spending dollar in Nigeria?

That's not very thoughtful of you. Nearly all goods consumed in Nigeria have an imported component for which Dollar is involved.

Shame! For how long?

It's 2020 already and these bunch of fools that call themselves leaders are still on how to pay a meagre sum of 30k minimum wage. Isn't shameful?


A country is planning on how to adjust working hour of her citizens to 4-6 hours and 4 days a week these ones here are still bitchin around.


This tells how backward, wicked and schizophrenic yhur leaders are.

Anything that will benefit the common man can't have their quick attention. ....inflation upon inflation yet 30k becomes too much for them to pay their workers (slaves).


Bunch of Slowpokes.

ultron12345:
Very insightful post.
It's exactly what I've been telling people. Inflation will cancel out the increase.

But isn't there any other solution apart from price controls. I believe we should be trying to further free up the economy instead of putting on tighter socialist regulations like price controls.

There isn't any complete socialist agenda nor excessive restrictive policy, it has always been managed or mixed economic policy complemented by a managed floating exchange rate policy, hence the existence of a few subsidy and parliative measures to cushion the effect of the declining world economy on the masses, yet it is still not easy.

abia state will not be on the list God pls who did we offend.

I know Rivers State will not be in the list. That tout thief will be the last to pay. Can't wait to watch what efcc will do to him when he leaves power.

diplomat058:
I think the inclusion of Ebonyi is very misleading. I am right here in Ebonyi and a Civil Servant told me that what was agreed on was an upward review of the status quo, not the payment of the exact 30K

As it is now, Ebonyi State's Civil Servants are one the least remunerated in the country. A Graduate enlisted in the State's Teaching Service, here, collects as low as 27K monthly.

I am serving here and my above statement is based on the discussions I had with the Public Schools' Teachers who are B.Sc/B.Ed graduates

That's not true. No civil servant actually reveals his or her salary to non-family members, even some family members. I am a teacher in Ebonyi, Onicha Local Government to be precise, with B.Ed and I take home over 110k every month. The only problem some workers have with Umahi was spurred by Elechi after Umahi - his perceived enemy won the election in 2015. When it was a month for the former governor to leave the office: a month only, he increased the workers salary by 100% even though he was the same person that refused to pay the 18k minimum wage. This, Umahi quickly reversed on his assumption of office. Dave Umahi is friendly to workers.

Abia, 'God's Own State's, please disappoint me for once.

Flyingngel:
Toothless bull dog. you people kept 31 December as the last day of negotiation with state government and so many States call your bluff and refuse to conclude the arrangement, all you can do today is go on television to tell us the story of your life.Nonsense.

lol pity the union man.

Islie:
* Threatens strike in Kogi, Taraba, C’ River



https://thenationonlineng.net/10-states-ready-to-pay-n30-000-minimum-wage-says-nlc/

Rivers and Wike nkor.

I think the set of Labour leaders that we hav nw are the most unserious leader NLC has ever had. Bunch of brown envelope sabboteurs.

diplomat058:
I think the inclusion of Ebonyi is very misleading. I am right here in Ebonyi and a Civil Servant told me that what was agreed on was an upward review of the status quo, not the payment of the exact 30K

s it is now, Ebonyi State's Civil Servants are one the least remunerated in the country. A Graduate enlisted in the State's Teaching Service, here, collects as low as 27K monthly.

I am serving here and my above statement is based on the discussions I had with the Public Schools' Teachers who are B.Sc/B.Ed graduates

Jeeeeeeeeez
and Here in Akwa Ibom it's 65k and I'm complaining