New Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Challenges Governors And Moves To Monitor Negotiations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 30, 2019
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC haswarned that any state that dallies over the negotiation of the consequentialadjustment of the new minimum wage risks industrial crisis.
The caution came as the Union raiseda standing committee to monitor the negotiation of consequential adjustment ofthe minimum wage in the 36 states and Abuja.
The NLC’s General Secretary EmmanuelUgboaja said the organised labour would not accept tokenism from any stategovernor. He criticized the position of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF thatthe Federal Government cannot order to them on how the consequential adjustmentshould affect their workers.
Ugboaja requested the Governors to explain where they had been since April 18th when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the minimum wage bill into law that they did not speak on the issue until now. He threatened that labour would adopt a ‘standard trade union response’ in any state that is reluctant to engage in negotiation.