Ondo Labour writes Aiyedatiwa, demands N256,950 minimum wage

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ondo State Council, and its affiliate unions person called connected Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to instantly rise the state’s minimum wage to N256,950.

In a missive dated September 19, 2025, and signed by the State Chairman, Ademola Olapade, and the State Secretary, Akin Sunday, the unions said the existent minimum wage of N73,000, introduced past year, is nary longer sustainable successful the look of Nigeria’s harsh economical realities.

The workers besides demanded an upward reappraisal of pensions for retirees successful the state.

The missive work successful part: “We constitute connected behalf of the workers and pensioners of Ondo State to marque a ceremonial and urgent request for a broad upward reappraisal of the caller minimum wage successful the State.

This request is based connected aggregate compelling factors rooted successful economical reality, rising outgo of surviving and a motivation work to support the dignity and payment of workers and retirees.”

The unions noted that inflation, currency devaluation, substance subsidy removal, and rising costs of food, housing, transportation, and healthcare person eroded the worth of wages, leaving workers and pensioners successful “a authorities of perpetual economical suffocation.”

They argued that arsenic an oil-producing state, Ondo has benefitted from accrued internally generated gross (IGR) and higher national allocations owed to improved lipid net and subsidy savings.

The NLC reminded the authorities of its earlier committedness to reappraisal wages whenever the state’s gross illustration improved.

Citing Imo State’s caller support of a N104,000 minimum wage, the missive described the determination arsenic “bold and commendable,” urging Ondo to acceptable a higher modular arsenic an oil-rich state.

“It is lone conscionable and tenable that Ondo State, which is blessed with lipid wealth, does not lag down but alternatively leads successful mounting progressive standards for others to emulate,” the national stressed.

The workers further urged the politician to acceptable up a dialog committee of authorities officials, labour leaders, and different stakeholders to deliberate connected the projected wage structure.

While praising the authorities for punctual wage and pension payments arsenic good arsenic timely promotions, the NLC emphasized that existent governance indispensable prioritize the payment of the people.

“A authorities that pays its workers and pensioners a conscionable wage is simply a authorities that honours the societal declaration it holds with its people,” the national said.

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