The Organised labour has rejected
a plan by the House of Representatives, seeking the upward review of the
minimum wage for Nigerian workers to N30,000.
President of the Trade Union
Congress (TUC), Bobboi Kaigama, on Saturday said the organised labour is
demanding N56,000.
“The procedure is for the
tripartite body to sit down and agree on a figure, present it to the National
Executive Council, National Council of State and to the National Assembly,” he
said.
On its part, the Nigerian Labour
Congress (NLC) commended the recommendation of the House of Representatives,
but said that the process to determine an approved minimum wage has started
with a tripartite engagement involving the labour, the private sector and the
government.
The General Secretary of the NLC,
Peter Ezon, said the tripartite arrangement would recommend the minimum wage to
the government and in turns take it to the National Assembly for legislation.
“We welcome the concerns of the
House of Representatives members and we also beg them to put more pressure on
government to institute the process of the tripartite committee so that it can
be concluded and returned to the National Assembly,” Ezon said.
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