WORKERS DAY: NGO URGES GOVERNORS TO PAY NEW MINIMUM WAGE FOR SAKE OF NATIONAL PEACE -

....advises Workers to Remain Committed, Focused

A Niger Delta based human rights activist, environmentalist and Peace Ambassador, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has felicitated with Nigerian workers as they celebrate the 2019 edition of International Labour Day.

Amb.Mulade who congratulated workers on May Day, urged all Nigerian Governors to pay the 30 thousand naira minimum wage which he said would go a long way to cushioning the untold hardship confronting Nigerian workers today.

Comrade Mulade who is also the National Coordinator of the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, commended Nigerian workers for their hard work, resilience and doggedness in the discharge of their duties.

He urged workers to be committed, focused and steadfast and shun pleasure while carrying out their official duties.

The CEPEJ Boss enjoined Nigerian workers to fight for their rights in all sectors of the nation's economy to enable them get all-round benefits.

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