Oluomo, Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly
The Ogun State House of Assembly has said that workers welfare will continue to receive support, particularly to retain the national minimum wage in the exclusive legislative list.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, gave the assurance, while receiving members of the organised labour in the State led by the Chairman of the State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC) Comrade Emmanuel Bankole, who joined other States and national executives of labour to protest the move to transfer the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list.
Oluomo, who assured that all the demands of the workers would be presented to the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, noted that all issues affecting workers’ welfare would always be granted anytime the bill comes up for debate.
Earlier speaking, Comrade Bankole and his Trade Union counterpart, Comrade Bunmi Fajobi had appealed to the Speaker to intervene and guide members of the Assembly to vote against the removal of the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list.
They noted that the decision became imperative to reduce poverty and inequality among the nation’s workforce, stressing that the protest would be the first stage of the struggle for survival and livelihood of millions of Nigerian workers.
