NLC vows to resist moves to renegotiate N66,500 minimum wage

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to resist any move that will be aimed at renegotiating its proposed N66, 500 minimum wage for all workers in the country.

NLC president, Ayuba Wabba stated this when he spoke during Workers’ Day celebration in Abuja, adding that Nigerian workers would vote out governments that failed to pay the new minimum wage.

Noting that the proposed minimum wage should apply to all workers in the country, he said, “We insist that once the Minimum Wage bill is signed into law, all employers in public and private sectors must pay at once.

“We shall resist moves to renegotiate the minimum wage at any level.”

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in his remarks at the occasion assured workers that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was committed to improving workers’ welfare.

Osinbajo while endorsing the demand for a new minimum wage, added that it was the duty of government to establish the necessary social protection floor for all Nigerian workers in recognition of the capacity of each tier of government to pay.

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“We believe that those who can pay above the social protection floor are free to do so, as many have been doing in many states and sectors of the economy.

“It is my hope that the tripartite committee, comprising government, labour and the private sector will expedite its assignment to enable the Federal Government to present an executive bill on a new national minimum wage to the National Assembly,” he added.

 

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