LET US BENEFITS FROM N30,000 MINIMUM WAGE, NIGERIAN PENSIONERS TELLS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The union leader while speaking through the Oyo State Secretary Comrade Olusegun Abatan said they are using the medium to call on all tiers of government to always do things in accordance with the Nigeria constitutions.

Hear him ‘labour was united for the first time in demanding for the N30,000 as a minimum wage for workers, however the issue of minimum wage is on the executive list of the federal constitution of Nigeria, hence it only needs a proper and adequate monitoring from the government side.

He  stated that all Governors  must go along with the minimum wage issue in accordance with the Nigeria Constitution which stated precisely in Section 201(3) and 173(3) that pension should be concomitantly increased at any time wages and salaries are increased, or every five years or whichever comes earlier.

The Pensioners boss, called on his colleagues across the South West States to be ready for street protest if the increase failed to include them.

“We use this medium to alert all pensioners in all States of the South West and beyond that street demonstrations and all forms of protests should commence if this increase is not paid to pensioners.

“Our union President want us all to be wary of who to vote for come this general election, pensioners must shun any candidate that are not ready to pay pensions and gratuities as at when due, we are not voting for anyhow party but a credible personality, we are not going to shun voting exercise come 2019 but we will rather be a stakeholder to see to the peaceful conduct of the election. “

He lamented on the poor management and handling of the Pensioners by some of the South West Governors, pointing out that, “many of our members in the South-West have experience untimely death due to unpaid gratuities in the last eight years.