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Labour Suspends Strike in Abia

POSTED ON July 15, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey •   VIEWS 156
Abia State Governor Alex Otti / Photo credit: Dailytrust

The Organised Labour in Abia State, on Sunday, suspended its seven-day strike ultimatum it issued to the state government, scheduled to begin today (Monday).

The planned action by the union was necessitated by the government’s inability to sit for a dialogue over the payment of the expired N30,000 minimum wage and the N35,000 palliative wage award as approved by the Federal Government.

Governor Alex Otti had met with members of the organised labour in the state and instructed the state Accountant General to liaise with the union to reconcile the actual amount that the least paid worker in the state should receive as minimum wage, among other issues.

The state NLC Chairman, Comrade Ogbonnaya Okoro, alleged that the government was currently paying N20,100 while workers in the local governments received N18,000 as minimum wage.

The governor, however, said records available to him showed that the state was paying N30,000 minimum wage.

Otti, at the meeting, noted, “The state has been preparing itself for the implementation of the new national minimum wage.”

Addressing the press on Sunday evening, Okoro warned the state government that failure to adhere to and implement the Memorandum of Understanding reached at the meeting by July 28 would force the union to begin an indefinite strike.

He said no other notice would be given to the government to proceed on strike.

Okoro gave the details of the agreement reached with the government to include the payment of the outdated N30,000 minimum wage and the N35,000 palliative wage award as approved by the Federal Government.

He also mentioned the payment of severance allowances to Directors and Permanent Secretaries compulsorily retired, payment of current leave allowances and payment of three months N15,000 monthly wage award from July to September 2024.

He further said the union advised the state government to look inwards on the payment of gratuity.

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