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May 1, 2019
The Organised Labour has called on the FederalGovernment to quickly finalise the salary adjustment and implementation of thenew National Minimum Wage for workers in the country.
President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba,said this at 2019 May Celebration on Wednesday in Abuja.
The theme for the May celebration is Another 100Years of Struggle for Jobs, Dignity and Social Justice in Nigeria.
He noted that the recent struggle for a new nationalminimum wage of N30,000 had been one of the most arduous and long drawn in thecountry.
The NLC president commended labour leaders formobilising workers during the different campaign’s for a new national minimumwage.
He, however, called on employers of labour and thethree tiers of Government to promptly remit all contributory pension deductionsto workers’ Pension Fund Administrators .
Wabba expressed disappointment over the withholdingof Contributory Pensions deduction by employers.