Oshiomhole Calls for Timely N35,000 Minimum Wage for Workers Before Christmas

Edo North Senator Adams Oshiomhole emphasized the urgency for both public and private sectors to ensure the prompt payment of the new minimum wage of N35,000 to workers before Christmas.

Oshiomhole cautioned that the non-payment of the N35,000 minimum wage could lead to a lack of Christmas celebrations for workers.

He spoke at the 8th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Non-Academics Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in Abuja.

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue concerning the necessity of improving workers’ wages in the country.

The NLC has consistently threatened to initiate nationwide strikes, seeking to compel the Federal Government to boost workers’ salaries.

Oshiomhole, speaking at the event, said: “Now that you have N35,000, there are workers from different states. Are all the state governments implementing it? The answer is no. Why should it be no, and why are they at peace? Your members are not at peace in the States

“It should not be a selective application. The N35,000 must affect all workers. It has to go around all workers in Nigeria, whether public or private, that is the logic of nationwide strike.

“Please tell the NLC President that those are the issues that they must solve so that this December, nobody goes home without that N35,000

“Whether such a worker is working for the federal, state, local government or the private sector, that N35,000 must be paid. If you don’t pay, there will be no Christmas for you as an employer whether public or private sector.”

Kanyi Daily recalls that Adams Oshiomhole had a run-in with supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.