Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

NLC set to engage States that failed to Implement Minimum wage

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will direct its members at the State levels to engage State governors who have failed to implement the December 31, 2019 deadline implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage.

This was contained in a New Year message by the NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba. “We use this medium to implore states that are yet to implement the new national minimum wage including the states that are yet to begin negotiation with labour on the consequential wage adjustment to speedily do the needful. “In tandem with our position as adopted and communicated after a stakeholders’ meeting on December 11, 2019, organised labour in Nigeria will not guarantee industrial harmony in states that fail to implement the new national minimum wage by December 31, 2019.

“We direct our state councils to be on the standby to robustly engage state governments that fail to obey our laws. We wish to remind state governors that no excuse would be good enough for failure to pay,” according to the Wabba.

He further admonished politicians to be people oriented in 2020. “In 2020, we demand that government must prioritise the security of lives and property. Nigeria has seen enough bloodshed. While we commend the sacrifice and commitment of our soldiers and other security personnel in the war against terrorists and other violent crimes across Nigeria, we urge government to do all it takes to end the bloodletting and brigandage in different parts of the country.

“As we have always canvassed, the war against insecurity must be anchored on human security. We must feed hungry stomachs. We must create jobs to engage our youths. An idle mind is devil’s workshop.”

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