Ekiti LG workers threaten showdown over minimum wage

Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees in
Ekiti State have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the
state government over the delay in commencement
of payment of the new minimum wage.
The NULGE, in a statement by the secretary of the
union on Monday, Mr. Victor Adebayo, said it was
unfortunate that the government which promised to
pay the new minimum wage of N19,300 to all its
workers since 2011, was yet to fulfill the promise at
the end of July.
The union said it would not make public its next step
if the government failed to implement the new wage
after the expiration of the ultimatum.
But the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Funminiyi
Afuye, in his reaction to the ultimatum appealed to
the workers while assuring them that the
government would pay the new minimum wage.
He said the government was carrying out biometric
data capture of all the workers to know the number
of genuine workers in the councils.
Afuye assured the workers that the exercise would
soon be completed, saying the workers would be
paid.
But the NULGE said, "Instead of government
acceding to our request by paying the new salary to
our members,government has been ordering us to go
for verification and unfortunately this particular
exercise has claimed lives of some of our members.
"Consequently, the union has directed that a second
notice to the effect for another 14 days,be served to
the government to address the matter raised by the
union.