NLC begs FG to examine Nigeria's current minimum wage
- Ayuba Wabba, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president says federal government has used the Democracy Day to review the national minimum wage
- Wabba disclosed that the minimum wage was increased to N18,000 six years ago
- The NLC president urged the leadership of the military to identify individuals involved the suspected coup plot and prosecute them
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Sunday, May 30, begged the federal government to examine the negotiation committee on the national minimum wage.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday, May 28, in Abuja, a day before the Democracy Day celebration that was held on Monday, May 29.
The Punch reports that Wabba remarked that the minimum wage was increased to N18,000 six years ago.
Ayuba Wabba, Nigeria Labour Congress president said federal government has to use the democracy day to review the national minimum wage
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“We, therefore, urge the federal government to use the occasion of democracy day to announce the composition of a tripartite negotiation committee as this is imperative for the government to review the national minimum wage,” he said.
“The NLC wishes to state in the strongest possible tone that it is categorically opposed to any further military adventurism in the body politics of our nation.
“The damage military rule caused our nation is not only in the realm of our political culture, it deepened and virtually institutionalised corruption in all the segments of our national life,” he added.
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Wabba also condemned the recent coup rumours, saying labour was opposed to any move to truncate the current democratic dispensation.
The NLC president told the leadership of the military to identify individuals involved the suspected coup plot and prosecute them.
NAIJ.com has earlier reported that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had accused the federal government of engaging in unnecessary delay in constituting a tripartite committee to negotiate the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President made the accusation at the 4th NLC National Gender Conference and Election of the Leadership of National Women Commission on Wednesday in Abuja.
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