Trade
union activist and labour leader, Issa Aremu has called on the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki to resume his duties at the National Assembly
and stop campaigning for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Aremu
called on Saraki to emulate the legacy of his late father, Olusola, by
ensuring the passage of the new National Minimum Wage Bill.
Aremu,
who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, recalled that
the late Saraki, as the Senate leader, presided over the Senate
committee that midwife the emergence of the first national minimum wage
in 1981 under President Shehu Shagari.
The labour leader, who
described the late Saraki as “a wonderful symbol of democracy’’ who
showed concern for the plight of workers, urged the Senate President to
also write his name in gold by reconvening the Senate to pass the new
Bill.
“The Senate President, Bukola Saraki should be on duty regarding this all important Bill. I remind him to emulate his father.
“Today
he is going up and down as Campaign Director-General of the Peoples’
Democratic Party’s candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, but he should
remember that he has not resigned as the Senate President.
“He should resume his work to pass the Bill to concur with the House of Representatives
“He must declare his position on the N27,000 and N30,000 recommendations.
“He
must act fast like the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Yakubu Dogara did, so that we can make it a reality and the President
will sign the Bill into law,’’ he said.
Aremu, the
former Secretary-General of the National Union of Textile Garment and
Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, commended the House of Representatives for
promptly passing the National Minimum Wage Bill.
He also hailed
the lower chamber for endorsing N30,000 minimum wage across board –
Federal and State governments, ensuring that the minimum wage could not
be polarised.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in January transmitted the Bill to the National Assembly for passage into law.
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