The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has asked workers to disregard the call by Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC for a one- day national protest on Monday.
Ngige made the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, in Abuja on Friday, Nwachukwu Obidewe, saying the directive by the NLC President, Mr Ayuba Waba, that workers protest on Monday, May 13, 2019, was unlawful.
He added that the 40 hours a week which the Nigerian workers subscribed to should be used for productive ventures, especially in view of the new National Minimum Wage and the consequential financial adjustments.
The minister said that the directive by the NLC to workers to attack him and his family members anywhere they were sighted was a criminal offence.
Ngige said he was already taking necessary legal action regarding the labour leader’s threat.
He stressed that the minister remained the competent authority in all issues concerning labour in Nigeria.
