BY VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG

LAGOS—THE Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday called on Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to stop his perceived campaign against retaining the National Minimum Wage, NMW, in the Exclusive Legislative list or face the wrath of Nigerian workers.

The association in a statement issued in Lagos by its President, Bobboi Bala Kaigama and  Secretary-General, Alade Lawal, respectively, expressed surprise that the governor, who paraded himself as a progressive had continued to wage war against the N18,000 NMW approved by the Federal Government in 2011.

According to the statement, “Why is Governor Fashola so pained that workers are being paid a paltry sum of N18, 000 monthly as minimum wage, whereas some political office holders including a good number of governors spend far more than that to feed one animal pet in a day. Is he saying that their pets are more valuable to the society than Nigerian workers?”

“If the Lagos State Chief Executive is a true progressive, he should set example by paying N50,000 monthly minimum wage or more to Civil Servants in the State so that other State Governors can emulate him.”