The Ondo State government and the organised labour in the state have agreed on the payment of the new N30,000 minimum wage which will take effect from January this year.
This agreement was a sequel to a series of meetings and negotiation between the government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state.
The labour leaders agreed on full payment of the new wage from level six downwards while level seven above had experienced consequential adjustment.
The state’s Head of Service (HoS), Mr Oluwadare Aragbaye, appreciated the labour leaders for their understanding, saying the state government will continue to give priority to the welfare of workers in the state.
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Aragbaye explained that the state government has also approved 33 per cent for those who retired before 2014 and peculiar allowances for some workers
Responding on behalf of the workers, the NLC chairman, Sunday Adeleye, and his counterpart from TUC, Comrade Helen Odofin, appreciated the state government for regular payment of salaries and allowances since the administration came on board in 2017.
The labour leaders, however, appealed to the state government not to sack or retrench workers in the state under any disguise and solicited for recruitment of more workforce in the state’s civil service.
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