By Asile Abel,Jos

Plateau state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC Comrade Eugene Manji, has mandated goverment to ensure that the new minimum wage to be implemented covers the local government sector.

“As workers, we want to place on record that, we will no more accept differential salary structures in the Plateau State between state and local government workers in the new minimum wage arrengment.”

Comrade Manji made the appeal at the annual international workers day been marked in Nigeria every 1st of May each year.

The Plateau State NLC boss equally complained that workers are being shortchange of their due rights.

“Even the recent fertilizer that was shared by government of Plateau state, workers were denied.’

Speaking on the insecurity bedeviling Nigerians, Comrade Manji said security operatives are not doing enough in protecting citizens.

“It should be noted that Nigeria is in a sorry state.” People are Killed daily and our national security offices are Celebrating drop on the number of deaths resulting from banditry, kidnapping, armed robberies and other vices as if Nigerian lives do not matter.” He noted.

On his part, Chairman TUC Plateau State chapter, Comrade Kenneth Shammah, reminded government that workers of a state owned hotel (Hillstation hotel) are being neglected.

Comrade Shammah revealed that the said workers are owed 50 months salaries.

“Workers in the Hillstation hotel have not been paid salaries for as for as over 50 months, we therefore appeal for the payment of those salaries to those category of Workers.”

Reacting to the agitations of the workers, governor of Plateau State Barr Caleb Mutfwang, reminded workers that his administration prioritize welfare of workers.

The governor pledged that his administration shall always prioritize welfare of civil servants.

Governor Mutfwang was represented at the event by the Head of Civil Service Plateau State, Barr Rauta Dakok.

Mutfwang told the gathering that his administration has upset the 11 billion naira unpaid salaries of civil servants; according to him, the said salary arrears was abounded by his predecessor, Ex-governor Simon Lalong.

He stressed that his administration has commenced payment of pension arrears from year 1986, since December 2023.

Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, Commander-General (CG) of the Kano State Hisbah Board has revealed that the board has offered 50 slots to journalists and media workers in the next batch of the state’s mass wedding program.

Reports indicate that Sheikh Daurawa revealed this in an interview with journalists on Wednesday.

The Hisbah CG said following the success recorded in the last batch of the mass wedding which saw about 1,800 couples married off, the board decided in to include interested members of professional groups and trade unions in the programme.
We have given 50 slots to journalists and other members of the media who are interested in participating in the mass wedding programme,” he said.

He added that the board would also include legal practitioners and health workers in the next batch of the exercise.

Sheikh Daurawa also explained that the essence of the mass wedding program is to entrench moral values in the society and reduce immorality among young men and women.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Daurawa has urged Hisbah personnel across the 44 local government areas of the state to re-commit themselves to the job or resign.

He made the call during a meeting with heads of Hisbah commands in the 44 LGAs in the state at KERD conference hall in Kano city on Wednesday.

According to him, the Hisbah management has since provided written guidelines to help operatives understand their roles and responsibilities.

He explained that the Hisbah board has collaborated with Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK), Amine Kano College of Islamic Legal Studies, Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education and the department of Islamic studies at Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to establish a Hisbah Academy.

He said when established, the Hisbah Academy would be an institution where formal knowledge and skills pertaining to Hisbah work would be taught and certificates would be awarded to its graduates.

Daily News

President Bola Tinubu heartily congratulates Nigerian workers on the auspicious occasion of Workers’ Day held annually to celebrate the lifeblood of our country.

The President salutes Nigerian workers for their fidelity to the peace, progress, and development of the nation evident in their tireless efforts and patriotic zeal to keep the national engine running.

President Tinubu celebrates Nigerian workers across all spheres – from the clerical officer who ensures the proper documentation and distribution of correspondence; the security officer who remains ever dutiful through all seasons; the teacher who secures the future of our nation by imparting knowledge to the next generation; the doctor who works relentlessly to save precious lives, and to all Nigerian workers who keep the candle aflame.

The President affirms that his administration remains committed to improving the welfare of all workers, noting the various relief programmes, including the wage award and the imminent minimum wage review.

President Tinubu strongly believes that the custodians of the nation’s machinery deserve a fair wage and enhanced welfare and that a labourer is deserving of not just any reward but fair and commensurate wages.

In a statement t by Chief Ajuri Ngalele Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said the President assures Nigerian workers of his dedication to not only improving their welfare but also enhancing their working conditions and providing the necessary tools for them to succeed.