The Kano State Government has returned civil servants minimum wage from N30,000 to the initial N18,000.
Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, the governor's spokesman, who disclosed this during press briefing with The Cable, on Wednesday January 6, 2021, said the recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for the reversion.
“The state government has reverted to the initial minimum pay due to the recession. What we are getting now as a government has reduced, and we can’t afford to pay the N30,000 minimum wage"__Salihu stated.
Consequently, civil servants in the state are lamenting that the state government did not give them any prior notice before the reduction of their salaries.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has issued an ultimatum to state governors over the implementation of the new federal government approved minimum wage.
The union said that all state governments that failed to comply with the implementation of the new N30,000 minimum wage by January 31, 2020, would face an industrial action by its members in such state.
According to TUC communique released on Thursday, January 9, 2020, it said that alll state chapters across Nigeria had been directed to mobilise for a strike action ahead of the deadline.
The president of TUC, Quadri Olaleye, noted that only six states have complied with the implementation process so far, saying that the labour union will shut any state yet to comply with the implementation or negotiation process.
“As at now and by our record, only six states have signed and commenced implementation, 15 states are in the process of negotiation, while the rest are yet to commence negotiation.
We want to assure them this is not an empty threat. Labour would shut down any state that has not yet started the implementation or negotiation.”__Olalele stated.
Reviewed by Okenwa Chinedu
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January 06, 2021
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