Sunday, July 14, 2024 - The Organised Labour, Abia State chapter on Sunday warned the state government that failure to adhere to and implement the Memorandum of Understanding reached at the meeting by July 28, 2024, “no other notice will be given to the government than to proceed on an indefinite strike.”
The union has once threatened
to go on strike on Monday, June 8, 2024, due to the state government’s
inability to dialogue with the union over the payment of the N30,000 minimum
wage and the N35,000 palliative wage award as approved by the Federal Government
since October 2023.
Following the ultimatum, Abia
State Governor, Alex Otti met with members of the organised labour in the state
with a directive to the state Accountant-General to liaise with the union on
their demands, among other issues.
The state’s NLC Chairman,
Ogbonnaya Okoro, had alleged that the state government is currently paying
N20,100 while workers in the Local Governments receive N18,000 as minimum wage.
However, the governor said
that records available to him showed the state is paying N30,000 minimum wage.
Addressing the press on
Sunday, July 14, 2024, Okoro warned the state government that failure to adhere
to and implement the Memorandum of Understanding, reached at the meeting by
July 28, 2024, “no other notice will be given to the government than to proceed
on an indefinite strike.”
The details of the agreement
he highlighted include the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage and the N35,000
palliative wage award as approved by the Federal Government, payment of
severance allowances to Directors and Permanent Secretaries compulsorily retired,
payment of current leave allowances, among others.
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