Oppose minimum wage and lose your re-election, returning Governors warned

STATE Governors opposed to the new minimum wage as demanded by the organised labour in the country have been warned that they will lose their re-elections for a second term unless they support the demand for a new minimum wage.

The warning was given by the Vice Chairman of the Gombe State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Adamu Garba. Garba gave the warning in an interview in Gombe on Thursday while monitoring the ongoing national strike action declared by the NLC.

Adamu Garba said: “Majority of the Governors that fail to implement the minimum wage may not come back for their second term. Instead, they will be voted out of office, because of lack of political will.”

He added that “Many governorship aspirants are willing to implement the minimum wage if given the chance in their various States.”

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The labour leader also said that the state council of the NLC would not compromise its resolve to ensure compliance with the directives of the National Secretariat on the strike, to press for a new national minimum wage for workers in the State.

“All affiliates of NLC have been directed to comply fully with the nationwide strike. We have mobilised our members to ensure total compliance,’’ Adamu Garba said.

According to him, NLC has achieved more than 90 per cent on the implementation of 2011 minimum wage of N18, 000 expressing optimism that the struggle would yield the anticipated victory for serving and retired civil servants.