Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has constituted a 13-member negotiation committee over the new N70,000 minimum wage.
It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had on July 30, 2024, signed the minimum wage law.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Yinka Oyebode, said in a statement on Sunday that the government was determined to engage the organised labour in the state towards payment of the new wage.
The statement added that the committee was comprised of government officials and the leadership of the labour unions.
Members of the Negotiation Committee on the side of the government officials are: Dr. (Mrs.) Folakemi Olomojobi, Head of Service (Chairman),, Mr. Akintunde Oyebode, Commissioner for Finance, Member; Comrade K. Faromiluyi, Special Advisor on Labour Matter, Member; Mrs. Titilayo Olayinka, Accountant General/PPS – Member; Mr. Bamise Sunday Julius, PS Ministry of Justice, Member; Mr. Oluwadare Jolumo, PS Ministry of Finance, Member; Mrs. Janet Ajibola, PS Office of Establishment and Service Matters, Secretary.
On the side of the organised labour, members of the committee include Comrade Olufemi Ajoloko, Chairman, Joint Negotiation Council; Comrade Olatunde Kolapo, Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress; Comrade Sola Adigun, Chairman, Trade Union Congress; Comrade Yetunde Emmanuel, Secretary, Joint Negotiation Council; Comrade Dr. Israel Taiwo, Secretary, Nigeria Labour Council; and Comrade Yemi Peters, Secretary, Trade Union Congress.
The statement further added that “the first meeting of the committee is slated for Wednesday, September 4th, 2024.”
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