The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) wants President Muhammadu Buhari to
take urgent steps to address the lingering issue on the new national
minimum wage by immediately forwarding an executive bill to the National
Assembly to legalise the recommendation of the tripartite Committee.
Comrade Ayuba Wabba said Nigerian workers were
running out of patience with the government over the delay and we’re
getting more and more agitated.
The National Minimum wage tripartite committee put in place by the
President to review the current N18.000 Minimum wage had two weeks ago
presented its report to the president recommending N30,000 as the
national minimum wage, but the Nigeria Governors Forum has said they
can’t pay the figure presented by the committee.
Speaking at the 2018 Harmattan School of the Congress in Abuja,
Comrade Wabba said workers are running out of patience on the
implementation of the new wage.
He described as unfortunate the position being taken by some
Governors who are saying they can’t pay the N30.000, but are spending
billions of dollars in the name of security votes which they can’t
account for.
The NLC President dismissed claims that the implementation of the new
national Minimum wage would lead to inflation in the country, adding
that when salaries of political Office holders was increased by 800
percent in 2008, it did not cause inflation, and wander why just
N30.000 for workers can cause inflation.
“We don’t know why the president has not transmitted an executive
bill, the report of the tripartite committee to the National Assembly
for an enactment into law, because Workers patience is running out.
“We have maintained that any governor that said he can’t pay the
N30.000 should go to his state, gather workers and tell them they are
spending billions of dollars in the name of security votes but once it
comes to payment of N30.000 Minimum wage, they are saying workers are
just 20 percent.
“How can they say that because without workers which include health
workers, police, army and others, most politicians can’t sleep. Minimum
wage is not a favour but a right of a worker because the law states that
after 30 days, a labourer is worthy of his wage”.
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