Victor Oye,
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Wednesday in
Awka has commended the federal government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
and the Organised Private Sector over the new Minimum Wage.
Oye in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the economic reality of
the country had made workers the “weeping boys” of the system.
He noted
that Nigerian workers deserve all that they could get due to their
contributions to the development of the country.
He,
therefore, called on the Federal Government to not only enhance their pay but
improve on their working conditions.
Oye
commended the Anambra Government for paying salaries on the 25th of every month
and for being among the first states to offer to pay N30, 000 minimum wage
“Nigerian
workers deserve a better deal considering the harsh economic atmosphere in the
country; they have always been at the receiving end.
“That the
Federal Government is able to avert the strike brought a huge relief to
Nigerians and averted what would have come with consequences of embarrassing
proportion.
“APGA urges
the federal and state governments to take the welfare of workers seriously.
“They must come up with a programme on how to
develop the cognitive and latent talents of workers to make them more
productive,” he said.
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