Workers at the National Assembly have embarked on a protest over alleged unpaid salaries and lack of due promotion.
Channels TV reports that the some of the workers during the protest on Tuesday, December 4, said that a number of them were being owed wages from as far back as 2010.
The workers were said to have blocked the entrance of the assembly complex while demonstrating inside the building. They were reportedly heard chanting songs and insisting that there would be no plenary sitting until their demands are met.
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The protesters were said to have prevented the deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, from going into the Senate chamber when he arrived the venue.
Premium Times reports that the workers accused the clerk of the assembly, Sani Omolori, of subjecting staff to poor condition of service.
The workers under the umbrella of parliamentary staff association of Nigeria also vowed not to back down until their salaries are paid.
In another report, a labour leader, Joe Ajaero, has said that labour has resolved to fight for the new minimum wage even after the upcoming general election, saying that there would be no retreat or surrender until workers received the wage.
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Ajaero, who is the president of the United Labour Congress (ULC) made the statement when he spoke at a public forum on labour in Lagos on Thursday, November 22.
He stated that a tripartite committee had considered the ability of government to pay the sum before the committee agreed on the sum. The ULC president insisted that government has no option than to pay the N30,000 minimum wage and then follow up with payment of arrears.
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Source: Legit.ng