The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
has rejected the N27,000 new minimum wage adopted by the national council of
state on Tuesday.
Peter Ozo-Eson, the NLC
general-secretary, made this known in an interview with NAN.
He said the council has no
jurisdiction to determine another amount after a tripartite committee had
submitted its report.
“It is abysmal of government to
be delaying the submission of an executive bill to the national assembly and by
wrongfully adopting N27,000 through the council of states,” he said.
Ozo-Eson said the NLC has called
for an emergency national executive council meeting to discuss the deadline
given to government to submit an executive bill to the national assembly.
The NLC general-secretary added
that the federal government was only projecting a shutdown of the economy with
its latest action.
“This is because workers should
not be held responsible for any development after its NEC meeting on Friday,”
he said.
The national council of state
issued the approval of N27,000 at its first meeting of the year.
Chris Ngige, minister of labour
and employment, said the federal government will increase the approved amount
to 30,000 for workers in the federal civil service.
The minister said state governors
are at liberty to add to the approved amount if they so desire.
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APC government does not have the power to pay N30,000 Naira minimum wage but they have N10,000 to bribe the public for their forth coming election, I am highly disappointed in Osibanjo especially and if truly we say we are "Christ like" we must be sincere and laid a good example.
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