This came as the House of Representatives, yesterday, passed the Bill for an Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act to compel employers of labour to pay every employee not less than N18, 000 per month.
Debating the NLC Secretariat’s report on the minimum wage as well as reacting to statement credited to the Chairman of Governors’ Forum, Dr. Bukola Saraki, of Kwara State that many state governments would not be able to pay the new wage, delegates to the ongoing 10th NLC national congress, vowed to frustrate any attempt to hold the April polls without implementation of the new wage.
Contributors to the report of the General Secretary of NLC, Comrade John Odah, were unanimous that Congress should make the demand for the implementation of the new minimum wage a pre-condition for industrial peace to hold the elections.
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What will it cause the government to increase the minimum wage when they can sacrifice N178B to make the election of the same people you want to serve successful. I'm very sure the population of workers in Nigeria is not up to 100million.
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