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Akwa Ibom workers to embark on strike today
Akwa Ibom State workers will today embark on strike following the non-implementation of the national minimum wage in the state.
This was contained in a communique issued after an emergency meeting of the State Executive Council held at the NLC Secretariat, Uyo on Monday.
The meeting was attended by members of the State Administrative Council and State Executive Council (SEC).
The statement, signed by the chairman of SEC, Sunny James in Uyo, the state capital, on Tuesday, read: “The Sec -in-session made the following resolutions: That His Excellency direct for the signing of the New National Minimum Wage Agreement, which shall state the effective date of implementation while the staff verification exercise shall continue.
“That if by midnight of Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the agreement mentioned in (1) above is not signed with the effective date and month of commencement for payment properly indicated. All workers in the state shall commence an indefinite strike action over the non-implementation of the new wage.
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“That the SEC-in-Session hereby acknowledges the directives of the national leadership of the NLC and that of the presidents of the affiliate unions to commence action on December 1, 2024, but following the peculiar situation of the burial of the First Lady of our state, there was the need to shift our date by three days and hereby direct all the workers to proceed on strike on Wednesday, 4th December, 2024 if the agreement is not signed by that time.
“That workers are further directed to come out en-masse to the Akwa Ibom State Government House gate at Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo on Monday December 9, 2024 to massively protest for their new national minimum wage payment.”
President Bola Tinubu had signed N70,000 as the new minimum wage and state governors are expected to implement it.
Meanwhile, Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru had on Monday threatened to sack workers who embarked on strike due to his non-implementation of the national minimum wage.
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