Usoro made this known while welcoming delegates from the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from the nine oil producing states in Uyo on Thursday.
He said that payment of the minimum wage approved for labour by the governments of the oil producing states was due to the fact that these states were beneficiaries of the 13 per cent derivation from the Federal Government.
``We will resist any attempt to abrogate the derivation principle from the constitution and the agitation for the re-introduction of on-shore and off-shore dichotomy.
``The minimum wage approved for workers was based on the fact that we are oil producing states,’’ he said.
Usoro said that those agitating for the abrogation was not patriotic and accused them of fanning the embers of disunity.
He called on the oil producing states to be united and rise against marginalization.
``Anything that will bring about marginalization of the oil producing states will not be tolerated, enough of this marginalisation.’’
In his remarks, Mr Akamba Awah, the TUC Secretary, Akwa Ibom chapter, urged the National Assembly to be guided by `a good sense of history’ on the issue of resource control.
In his goodwill message, the Senior Assistant on Labour Matters to Akwa Ibom Governor, Mr Godwin Udom, stressed the need for labour leaders to be united in other to have common voice
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