Senior civil servants warn Fashola over minimum wage

ASCN President Comrade Bobboi Kaigama expressed dismay that Fashola, who parades himself as a progressive, has continued to wage war against the N18,000 national minimum wage approved by the Federal Government in 2011. “Why is Governor Fashola so pained that workers are being paid a paltry sum of N18, 000 monthly as minimum wage whereas […]

ASCN President Comrade Bobboi Kaigama expressed dismay that Fashola, who parades himself as a progressive, has continued to wage war against the N18,000 national minimum wage approved by the Federal Government in 2011. “Why is Governor Fashola so pained that workers are being paid a paltry sum of N18, 000 monthly as minimum wage whereas some political office holders including a good number of governors spend far more than that to feed one animal pet in a day.  Is he saying that their pets are more valuable to the society than Nigerian workers?
“If the Lagos State Chief Executive is a true progressive, he should set example by paying N50, 000 monthly minimum wage or more to civil servants in the state so that other state governors can emulate him,” the Union emphasized.
Kaigama recalled that in September last year at the opening of the Southwest Zonal office of the National Pension Commission in Lagos, Fashola stated that the National Minimum Wage should be scrapped, a call he repeated last Monday in his office while receiving members of the Senior Executive Course 36 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.
According to Kaigama, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 131 of 1970 of which Nigeria is a signatory, enjoins countries of the world to adopt a minimum wage to protect workers from exploitative employers. He advised the governor to concentrate on his job as governor and stop offending the sensibilities of Nigerian workers who have been so marginalized that they can no longer take care of their families.