LTV, Eko FM And Radio Lagos Workers Must Be Paid The New Minimum Wage – NLC

The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and workers have shut down normal operations of Lagos Television, Eko FM/Radio Lagos, and Lagos Traffic Radio.

This is coming amid protest against the non-implementation of the N85,000 minimum wage by the management of the stations, and fans have been reacting.

According to the state Chairman of NLC, Comrade Funmi Sessi, even if she can assure everyone that the protest would be peaceful, the injustice that has been meted out to the workers by denying them the new minimum wage must be reversed.

Funmi added that the management has been given the mandate to pay the minimum wage as announced by the Lagos State Government, so they must do the needful.

Her words, “We started peacefully, and we are going to end it peacefully. Nobody is going to push us through the wall. I assure everybody that we shall be peaceful because we are Lagosians.

We are here this morning you can see the workers of government in communication departments that is LTV, Eko FM, and Traffic Radio, all here to show their displeasure against the injustice that has been meted out to them. This is the situation they do their work to the best of their abilities and now at the receiving end by being shortchanged. And not receiving the new Minimum wage as being approved and agreed upon by the law set by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

This is an injustice to the set of workers. The management has been given the mandate to pay the minimum wage as announced by the Lagos State Government. They are Lagos State workers. Since the government has commenced implementation of the N85,000 minimum wage since November they have never collected the minimum wage. The arrears of the three months and the 13th month they have not been enjoying the benefits. So, why is this disparity for this set of workers even in the face of this hardship?

Though, the governor has been doing a lot and showing empathy to workers. We are hereby appealing to him to prevail on the management to do the needful and avoid unnecessary disruption to operations in the interest of the majority. We will sustain this struggle until the government listens and takes appropriate action on these demands.”

WOW.