The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade
Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have jointly proposed N56,000 as the new
minimum wage to the federal government as against the present N18,000.
The NLC president, Ayuba
Wabba, said this at a news conference yesterday in Abuja.
Wabba, according to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said both the NLC and the TUC made the formal
demand on the proposed national minimum wage to the federal government on
Tuesday.
“The demand has been
submitted officially to government and we hope that the tripartite system to
look at the review will actually be set up to look at it.
“Our argument is that,
yes, it is true that the economy is not doing well, but the law stated that
wages for workers must be review after every five years.
“So the issue must be
looked into by the federal government and workers should not be seen as sleeping
on their rights,” the NLC president said at the forum.
Wabba recalled that the
last review of the national minimum wage was done in 2011, saying the setting
up of a tripartite committee to review the newly proposed national minimum wage
was long overdue.
He said it was
imperative that government should set up the tripartite committee for the
review of the new minimum wage.
*Even the N56k is childs
play...PEANUTS!
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