Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state has insisted that the federal government should reconsider some of its policies to make life easy for its citizens
Fintiri said this when he received the joint leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state on a thank you visit for being the first to implement the Seventy thousand naira minimum wage recently signed into law
Speaking when he received the labour leaders in government house Yola, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri insisted that the federal government must reconsider its policies to make life easy for its citizens
On his reason for hastening action to implement the Seventy thousand naira new minimum wage, Governor Fintiri said, it is the right thing to do for any government that has the masses at heart
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On the state workers who will not benefit from the new minimum wage as a result of an existing act of the law, Fintiri explained that he is collaborating with the state house of assembly so as to undo the act to allow them equal benefits
The NLC Chairman in the state Comrade Emmanuel Fashe had earlier told the governor that their visit was to appreciate him for being workers and masses friendly
Meanwhile, civil servants in the state have continued to appreciate the gesture
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
