Chairman of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) in Enugu State, Comrade Virginius Nwobodo, has explained why
labour halted the planned strike despite non immediate implementation of the
new minimum wage.
Nwobodo in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday also spoke on labour’s plan to ensure
states pay whatever is implemented by the federal government.
He said: “I must also commend the
National leaders of NLC for deciding to suspend the strike since the tripartite
committee had shown interest in convening and concluding their report.
“The decision to suspend the
strike was the best thing the NLC leadership did because what is the essence of
the strike again when our demand that prompted the planned strike had been met.
“If we had gone ahead with the
strike pending the time the wage would be implemented, Nigerians will see us as
insensitive to national issues and causing economic sabotage.”
Nwobodo said he was optimistic
that the minimum wage would be fully implemented before the end of the month if
the government was really sincere and interested in redeeming its image.
He urged that the speed with
which the government had employed in addressing the issue should be maintained
until its full implementation.
The Chairman said there would be
mechanisms to ensure full enforcement and compliance at the state level if the
minimum wage should be eventually implemented.
“There will be no sacred cow when
it comes to the implementation of the new minimum wage regardless of whether
the state governors agree or not,” he said.
He allayed the fears of those
that are skeptical that such benefit was meant for the federal workers only and
not the state since the governors had proposed a different amount.
“I assure you that nothing of
such will happen. All workers in Nigeria will be beneficiaries of the new
minimum wage and anything aside that will be resisted,” Nwobodo said.
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