Admin l Monday, May 17, 2021
KADUNA – Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) Kaduna State has alleged that Mallam El-Rufai-led Kaduna State Government is just not paying the current minimum wage of N30,000 but worst still paying less than the former minimum wage of N18,000 to workers in the state civil service.
NLC Chairman Kaduna State, Comrade Ayuba Mogaji Suleiman said workers were earlier mislead when the Kaduna State Government said it was the first to pay the present minimum age.
“Earlier, we were misled to the commended Kaduna State Government for being the first State to implement N30, 000 minimum wage to both Civil Servants and the retirees. But however, we noted with dismay that the government reverted to old minimum wage of N18, 000 in the month of April, 2021 Salary in the Local government council, about 20, 000 State civil servants received half Salary which is even less than the former N18, 000 minimum wage”, he said.
According to him, health workers were denied almost all their allowances such as hazard, call duty, shifting, rural posting etc.
“ It’s disheartening to say that Kaduna State Government on the bases of their claim that it had paid up to 14 Billion Naira as arrears of death benefit and gratuity from 2017 but the fact is that the same government disengaged over thirty five thousand (35, 000) civil servants in 2017 and up to date over 80 percent have not received their retirement benefits.
“It’s in the public domain that over Twenty One thousand Teachers were sacked, five (5) thousand Local Government workers were equally disengaged in 2017, while another Twelve (12) thousand State civil servants were also unfairly disengaged and the recent sacking of over seven thousand workers of local government in the month of April, 2021 these lay credence to the figure given by the NLC”, Comrade Ayuba Mogaji Suleiman said.
He said that the claim by the State Government to promote the right of the Children of the poor to decent education, is contradictory to the recent increase in tuition fees in the State owned institutions by more than 300% increase.
Comrade Ayuba Mogaji said the warrant of arrest on the National President of NLC Comrade Ayuba Waba as claimed by Kaduna State Government is an unwarranted intimidation on Labour movement.
“This is considered as a violation of human right act. The National President’s involvement in this action is intended to protect the interest of Kaduna State workers”, he said.
