New minimum wage unavoidable – Health workers

The President of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, has said the demand for a new minimum wage is a necessity due to economic policies introduced by the government, as well as market-driven forces. Josiah said this at a press conference recently in Abuja. He noted that under the […]

The President of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, has said the demand for a new minimum wage is a necessity due to economic policies introduced by the government, as well as market-driven forces.

Josiah said this at a press conference recently in Abuja.

He noted that under the present administration, the pump price of petroleum products had been increased, the currency devalued with consequential effect on workers and the citizenry, as well as unbearable electricity tariffs, which had led to rising cost of living.

“Sadly too, we are yet to feel the effect of government’s promise to mitigate these hardships; even with the setting up of a palliative committee to fashion out mitigatory strategy, policies and programmes to cushion the vagaries of its policies,” he said.