The National President, Nigerian
Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, says the union under his leadership
has drawn battle line with state governors who were not ready to implement the
new minimum wage.
According to him “we have also
made it possible that any state or governor that is not committed to the new
minimum wage will meet us at the point where we will sort out ourselves.”
Wabba stated this yesterday in
Lafia during the flag-off of 100 housing estate in Kwandere, Nasarawa State by
the federal mortgage bank in collaboration with NLC, TUC and Nasarawa State
government.
He said that the union has
completed negotiations at the technical level.
“We commend the organised private
sector for supporting the process and for standing by Nigerian workers, we are
at the process of signing the report and submitting to Mr. President.
“It is therefore at that level
that the amount agreed will be made public, the committee was appointed by Mr
President, we have completed the process and submitted to him, he is the person
that will transmit it to the National Assembly.
“I can assure Nigerian workers
that base on what we did, if implemented will bridge the gap of income
disparity that has long time put workers under very difficult condition,” he said.
Speaking earlier at the event,
the Managing Director of federal mortgage bank Arc Ahmed Dangiwa said the
program was designed to be implemented in phrases.
“What we are witnessing today is
the first phase to be run as a pilot to deliver 1,400 housing units across the
six geopolitical zones in the country, each zone will have 200 houses with 100
units in two selected states, Abuja and Lagos are to be treated as special
sites.
“Nasarawa is lucky to be one of
the two states picked in the North central geopolitical zone, largely due to
its commitment to the NHF scheme amongst other reasons,” he said.
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