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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ondo State Council, has written to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to formally request an contiguous upward reappraisal of the minimum wage for the State workers to the sum of N256,950.00k.
The Ondo State authorities presently pays N73,000 arsenic minimum wage, which the labour unions said tin nary longer conscionable the workers’ needs amidst economical hardship successful the country.
In a letter, dated September 19, 2025, and addressed to Governor Aiyedatiwa, the NLC besides demanded an upward reappraisal of pensions for retirees successful the State.
The missive was signed by the State Chairman of NLC, Comrade Ademola Olapade, and the State Secretary, Comrade Akin Sunday.
In the missive sighted by LEADERSHIP successful Akure, the Ondo NLC, however, commended Governor Aiyedatiwa for ensuring punctual outgo of salaries and pensions arsenic good arsenic the timely promotion of deserving workers by the State government.
The workers stated that their caller request was 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 NLC missive read, “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.
“Your Excellency, it is nary longer quality that the Nigerian system has been severely battered by inflation, currency devaluation, removal of substance subsidy and skyrocketing costs of food, housing, proscription and healthcare. These factors person eroded the worth of wages and near the mean idiosyncratic and pensioner successful a authorities of perpetual economical suffocation.
“Despite this, Ondo State, arsenic an oil-producing State, has continued to acquisition a tremendous summation successful its internally generated gross (IGR) and peculiarly national allocations, owed to the improved lipid earnings, favourable marketplace conditions and subsidy funds.
“This world was portion of the knowing and committedness made by the Ondo State Government during the past minimum wage negotiation, that whenever determination is an upward displacement successful the State’s gross illustration (inflow), workers’ payment volition beryllium reviewed accordingly.
“Mr Governor Sir, recently, the Imo State authorities approved and commenced the outgo of a caller minimum wage of #104,000 to Imo State workers and pensioners alike. This bold and commendable measurement by a non-oil-producing authorities sends a wide awesome crossed the federation that governments indispensable prioritise the well-being of their workforce if they are to guarantee sustainable governance and societal stability.
“It is lone conscionable and tenable that Ondo State, which is blessed with lipid wealthiness and assets potential, does not lag down but alternatively leads successful mounting progressive standards for others to emulate.
“Your Excellency, Ondo State is not conscionable immoderate state, it is simply a captious contributor to Nigeria’s lipid revenue. As such, it is unacceptable that its workers and pensioners proceed to unrecorded connected wages that bash not bespeak the state’s strategical and fiscal status.
“Workers are the motor of governance and economical productivity, and pensioners are citizens who person served with loyalty during their amended years and merit to unrecorded the remainder of their lives with dignity.
“In airy of the above, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ondo State Council and its affiliate Unions are formally demanding the contiguous upward reappraisal of the minimum wage for Ondo State workers to the sum of #256,950. This fig volition signifier a realistic reflection of the existent economical indices and the prevailing outgo of endurance for the mean person.
“We respectfully impulse the Ondo State Government to, without further delay, acceptable up a dialog committee composed of authorities officials, labour representatives and stakeholders to deliberate and negociate connected the projected wage operation successful a timely and liable manner.
“Governance indispensable not lone beryllium astir policies and projects but besides astir people’s payment and quality to unrecorded dignified lives. 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.
“However, Your Excellency, we prehend this mean to explicit our immense and profound gratitude for the punctual payments of salaries, pensions and the punctual promotion of workers by the Ondo State government. It is our supplication that God volition proceed to assistance our Governor much contented to pb Ondo State to greater heights.
“While anticipating Your Excellency’s favourable effect to our demand, delight judge our warmest regards. Yours successful the work of workers and pensioners.”
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