NULGE insists on N18, 000 minimum wage

THE Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) has resolved not to settle for anything less than the approved N18, 000 minimum wage by the Federal Government.
The union’s National President, Alhaji Ibrahim Kalil revealed this while fieding questions from journalists after the inaugural National Executive Committee meeting of the Union held at its National Secretariat in Abuja.
Kalil, whose tenure as National President in March this year said the essence of the meeting was to commence a new slate for the Union in other to achieve its needs.
According to him, a blueprint on how the Union should move was approved by members of NEC and Committees were set up to assist the executive achieve the desired policies for the Union.
He enumerated the Committee to include crisis prevention committee, constitution review committee, educational and international relations committee, among others.
The national president, who said that the militating factor to the progress of the Union is crisis stated that the NEC in session agreed and adopted that there would be no crisis in future.
He opined that the Union will partner with Public Service International on retreat on how to reposition the Union.
Asked about his feeling on the position of some governors who said they wouldn’t be able to pay the N18, 000 minimum wage approved by the federal government, the NULGE national president said he disagree with any state governor that said that.
According to him no local government in Nigeria that cannot pay the approved minimum wage of N18, 000.
Arguing that the LG fund is being mismanaged by the sate government, k alil stated that 60-80 per cent of the fund of the LG is being spent on primary schools.
He reflected on the Supreme Court ruling that reaffirms the position of the constitution that LG is to contribute to the funding of primary schools and not to fund it totally.
According to him, only River State government that is abiding to this Supreme Court ruling.
Stressing his points, he said, We cannot compromise on the 18, 000 minimum wage. It is a law of the land.
The governors take the funds meant for local government to pay primary school teachers, lamenting that it is the constraint of recognizing LG as a government elected by the people that make them dissolve the constituted government arbitrarily.
Source: Nigerian Compass