Don’t Start A Battle You Can’t Finish, Workers Warn Governors Over Proposed Non Payment Of Minimum Wages

Ghen ghen, the battle has just begun and we are with the WORKERS on this. Lol. According to Premium Times, Governors of the 36 states of the federation may face a major confrontation with Nigerian workers, following yesterday’s declaration that they would no longer be able to pay the N18,000 national minimum wage due to dwindling oil revenue.

The pronouncement has triggered stern objections by various workers’ groups in the country, with organised labour threatening to shut down the country should the governors insist on taking the decision.

Leaders of the various labour groups, including the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, also warned against the ugly consequences of the governors’ decision.

The President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, spoke in strong terms against the governors’ declaration, saying “Nigerian workers would vehemently and totally reject it.”

Mr. Wabba said the NLC would come out with a formal position at the end of its Central Working Committee, CWC, meeting on Friday.

Another labour leader, Joe Ajaero, dismissed the governors’ resolution as “empty threat that should be ignored.”

“The governors should not start a battle they would not sustain or finish, because Nigerian workers have the capacity to retrench them,” Mr. Ajaero said.