Minimum Wage: Rivers Govt Threatened To ‘Deal With Us’, NLC Claims

Minimum Wage: Rivers Govt Threatened To ‘Deal With Us’, NLC Claims.

The Nigeria Labour Congress in Rivers has accused the state government of threatening it over the implementation of the new minimum wage.Channels TelevisionThis comes a day after government officials with the Bureau for Special Projects sealed the NLC Secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

“…That was what triggered them and the next thing, the Commissioner for Information went on air, saying that we have been bought over by politicians from Abuja and they will deal with us, we will face dare consequences.A file photo of the NLC secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.According to the NLC leader in Rivers, the government did not consult the labour leaders before taking the final decision that led to the implementation of the minimum wage.

Rather than going back to the discussion table, Itubo alleged that the government threatened to punish the union. “So, we asked them to reconvene so that we can come up and agree on something so that we can be able to explain to our members when we are asked.”

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