'Ram bonus' war imminent in Nigeria

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The Kano State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress,is to declare its stand soon on the plan by the State Government to scrap payment of `Ram Bonus’ to civil servants, according to Chairman, Mr Isa Danguguwa.

Under the administration of Governor Shekarau, a law was enacted which empowered government to pay workers 50 per cent of their basic salaries every year before Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.

The bonus is to enable workers to buy rams for the festival.

The State Government under Rabiu Kwankwaso wants to stop this and recently sent a bill to the state’s assembly, seeking an amendment of the law to make it optional for the government to pay the bonus.

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Danguguwa said the NLC was yet to be communicated officially on the issue and “as soon as we do, we shall take the appropriate step ’’.

Danguguwa declined to state the step the union would take if the government succeeded in amending the law, saying however, that the NLC would “definitely take appropriate action.

“We cannot tell you the action we will take now because we have not been officially communicated on the issue,” he said.

The NLC had in March called on the State Government to fulfil the promise it made to workers and pay them the outstanding ram bonus.

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