Organised labour in Ekiti State, on Wednesday, joined their counterparts across the country to protest to the state House of Assembly complex over the bill before the National Assembly on the removal of the minimum wage from the exclusive list to the concurrent list.
The workers, comprising members of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), staged the protest march, carrying placards with various inscriptions.
In their separate remarks during the protest, the Ekiti State chairmen of TUC and NLC, Sola Adigun and Kolapo Olatunde respectively, said the protest was meant to show their displeasure on the proposed bill said to be before the National Assembly.
The workers aslo threatened to embark on nationwide strike if the National Assembly should go ahead with the plan.
The labour also used the occasion to remind the Ekiti State House of Assembly to reinstate the 21-sacked workers from the assembly who were removed from the system due to alleged irregularities in their appointments.
Responding, the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, commended the labour over the peaceful protest and promised to deliver the message to the governor.
Afuye, who stressed the need for the resructuring of the country, said the move would further make the federal system of government to be more efficient.
On the sacked staff members of the assembly, Afuye disclosed that a committee had been set up to look into the matter, promising that the committee would report back to the assembly within the next one week.
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