Minimum wage: NLC to protest against Senate

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it
would mobilise its members against the
decision of the Senate seeking the removal of
the national minimum wage from the Exclusive
List because of its potential to create a pool of
the working poor and cause slave labour in
Nigeria.
The Labour center in a communiqué issued at
its National Executive Council (NEC),
yesterday  and signed by its President,
Comrade Abdulwahed Omar, and Acting
General Secretary, Comrade Chris Uyot,
condemned in strong terms the inability/
refusal of the government to reach an
amicable resolution of its dispute with the
Academic Union of Universities (ASUU).
Part of the Communiqué read: ”The Congress is
set to mobilise its members across the country
against the decision of the Senate on the
prescription of a national minimum wage on
the Exclusive List, because of its potential to
create a pool of the working poor, judicial
nightware, slave labour , an environment for
payment of arbitrary wages; destruction of the
economy; major industrial unrest; and
worsening national security situation”
He said the Congress will leave no stone
unturned in resisting the Senate, adding that in
spite of the overwhelming support of the
Nigerian people, the Senate, against every
grain of wisdom, removed Labour and the
national minimum wage from the Exclusive
List.

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