Government should review workers salaries -Issa Aremu

The General Secretary, Textile Workers Union, Issa Aremu, has urged the federal government to set in motion the machinery for the review of the existing minimum wage of N18,000 which legally is due having run the five-year cycle. In a chat with Daily Trust Aremu said it was not too late for a supplementary review […]

The General Secretary, Textile Workers Union, Issa Aremu, has urged the federal government to set in motion the machinery for the review of the existing minimum wage of N18,000 which legally is due having run the five-year cycle.
In a chat with Daily Trust Aremu said it was not too late for a supplementary review of the budget to accommodate the salary review.
He said the expectation of labour was  beyond paying workers on time, adding that its expectation is that government should set in motion the machinery for the review of the existing minimum wage.
“The best way to stimulate the economy is through improved wage income for the working people. Workers’ pay goes to basic goods such as food, rent, transport and clothes which is good for the business of the real sector that produces such products and survives.
“I have no doubt that the NLC leadership will soon constructively engage the Buhari administration on the need for the new minimum wage,’ Aremu said.