The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s delay in the process of promulgating new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country.
Mr. Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said this at a protest rally tagged: `National Day of Mourning and Outrage’ organised by NLC, Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) in Abuja.
The protesters, who carried placards with inscriptions, “No minimum wage, No work from Nov. 6’’, “Minimum Wage of thirty thousand naira not negotiable’’, “Minimum wage will boost Nigerian economy.’’
They called on the Federal Government to take necessary steps to ensure the enactment of a new national minimum wage act as they cannot guarantee industrial peace and harmony.
Mr. Wabba explained that the new national minimum wage was both legally and materially due since 2016, saying “the Minimum Wage Act prescribes a five yearly cycle of review.”
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