The organised labour unions in Kwara have issued a 14 day ultimatum to Kwara government to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage for all categories of workers in the state.
The unions under the Joint Kwara Labour Congress gave the ultimatum in a communiqué issued on Monday in Ilorin at the end of its congress.
The communiqué, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), also demanded an upward review of the negotiated wage by 50 per cent.
NAN reports that the congress’ resolutions was signed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman, Alhaji Issa Ore, his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Ezekiel Adegoke and the chairman of the state Joint Negotiation Committee (JNC), Saliu Suleiman.
