Members of the Oyo State Council of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Ibadan on Thursday gathered at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan for the NLC Delegates Conference to elect new officials to run the affairs of the council for the next Three (3) years.
In his maiden interview with the journalists shortly after he was declared the winner of the chairmanship election, the newly elected Chairman, Comrade Bayo Titilayo-Sodo stated categorically that there would be no excuse for any state governor not to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage approved by the federal government, and must be with immediate effect.
During the address, the new chairman said that the payment of minimum wage is a law bidding on all the 36 State governors which needs no persuasion before the implementation, particularly in Oyo state considering agreement reached with both the outgoing and incoming governors of the state.
According to him, “the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wages should be immediate without further delay. The President has signed it, it is a law and the law is bidding on all the 36 state governors.
“It is a law, it requires no persuasion, it covers all the states of the Federation. The outgoing governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi promised to pay N30,000 minimum wage, the governor-elect, Engineer Seyi Makinde during the campaign, prior to governorship election also promised us. So we would hold both of them to their words”.
Speaking on what to expect from the newly elected executives of the NLC, Oyo state council in the next three years, Titilayo-Sodo said “what everyone should expect is a situation where workers are paid their salaries as at when due, a situation where workers enjoy their benefits as at when due. ”
“A situation where nepotism and favourism are not allowed, a situation where workers are not victimised, where justice prevails, where sanity is brought into the system unlike the present situation, workers’ welfare will improve.”
Other elected executives are Adedeji Taofeek, vice chairman 1; Martins Bayonle, vice chairman 2; Rukayat Afonja, chairperson; Ademola Babalola, Treasurer; Oladele Olusegun and Folorunsho Olujimi, auditor 1 and 2 respectively.
