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Three labour unions in Oyo have directed workers in the state employment to stay from their duty posts for three days, starting from Wednesday. The unions are the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC). The directive was issued in a statement jointly signed by Kofo Ogundeji, NLC state secretary, Falegbe Mayowa, TUC state secretary and Olabode Akinfenwa, JNC assistant state secretary. They said the action was to call on the state government to address the 13-week-old strike of the state-owned tertiary institutions and 256 sacked workers of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. It is also in solidarity with complaints presented by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) of 56 months accumulated unpaid pensions and gratuities of retired primary school teachers and a halt in workers’ promotion since 2010. Waheed Olojede, the state NLC chairman, who spoke alongside Emmanuel Ogundiran, chairman, JNC/TUC, s...

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba PHOTO: NAN The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to use the occasion of the Democracy Day celebration to announce the composition of the tripartite negotiation committee on the National Minimum Wage. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja, ahead of the Democracy Day celebration on Monday. Wabba, who noted that the minimum wage was increased to N18,000 six years ago, added that the patience of workers had been tested due to the current inflation in the country. “We, therefore, urge the Federal Government to use the occasion of the Democracy Day to announce the composition of the tripartite negotiation committee as this is imperative for the government to review the National Minimum Wage, ‘’ he said. Wabba also condemned the recent coup rumour, saying labour was opposed to any move to truncate the current democratic dispensation “ ...