NLC To Embark On Nationwide Protest On January 8

Minimum Wage: NLC To Embark On Nationwide Protest On January 8

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has stated that it will embark on a nationwide protest on January 8, to press home its demand for a new minimum wage.

A statement issued by the union’s president, Ayuba Wabba, indicated that the resolution was reached on Friday at the NLC national executive council meeting in Abuja.

While the NLC seeks that the minimum wage is increased from the current N18,000 to N30,000, both the federal and state government are yet to agree with the demand.

While presenting the 2019 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari said a committee will be set up to review the demand while state governors have proposed the sum of N22,500.

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The NLC president said the union “strongly condemned” the continued delay by the federal government in transmitting a bill of the new national minimum wage to the national assembly for approval.

“The protest is to express anger and total dissatisfaction over the delay by the federal government in transmitting, enacting and implementing the new national minimum wage of N30,000,” the statement read.

“The NEC-in-Session approved that the protests should hold in all state capitals and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on January 8, 2019. The NEC mandates all industrial unions and state councils to fully mobilise workers and coordinate with other labour unions for this mother-of-all protest.”