Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ),Tuesday said it would soon come out clear with its position on the implementation of N30,000 new minimum wage regime for workers in the state.
The NLC however declared that it would not rush into signing an agreement with the state government on the new minimum wage regime.
Rather, the congress said it would wait for further directive on a new template for implementation from its national headquarters.
State Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Issa Ore, dropped the hint at a meeting with state chairmen of industrial unions in the state held at the labour house, Ilorin, Kwara state capital.
He said the congress had agreed to wait for the new template following a recent meeting held in Enugu state where its national leadership “cautioned labour leaders at the state levels against rushing into signing an agreement with state governments”.
At the meeting, the NLC chairman called the second vice chairman of the congress who doubles as the state’ s Chairman of NULGE, comrade Yusuf Ayinla who represented him at the Enugu meeting to brief the meeting.
Speaking further, Ore also assured pensioners in the state that the NLC will always make case for their welfare as they would not be left out in the struggle to make life meaningful for all and sundry.
The labour leader appealed to workers in the state to be patient assuring that their interests and yearnings would be protected to the later.
He said the congress would also work with organised labour including the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) to ensure success in its struggle for the cause of workers and pensioners.
The meeting also frawned at the recent questioners which purportedly emanated from the office of the Head of Service and circulated to civil servants in the state, asking workers to among other things access the performances of labour leaders in the state.
The labour leaders condemned the acts in its totality, describing it as a calculated attempt to polarise the organised labour in the state.
