Ayuba Wabba, president of the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the federal government’s advisory committee
does not affect the interest of workers.
Wabba said this in an interview
with NAN in Abuja on Thursday.
President Muhamamdu Buhari on
Wednesday inaugurated a technical advisory committee on the implementation of
the new minimum wage.
Wabba said the union “initially”
thought the committee was set up to renegotiate the minimum wage but discovered
that it was not for that purpose.
“I think it is their own way of
facilitating and mobilising their own resources for the implementation and also
making sure that nothing is left undone and we do not have any problem with
that.
“So, it is normal, I think,
because initially we were thinking it is a committee that will renegotiate the
new national minimum wage, but they said no, it is an internal process of
government.
“So, it is not our problem, but
essentially their own and it does not in any way affect our interest,
government has the right to set up any committee and we are not even members of
that committee.”
Wabba said the advisory committee
would not in any way affect the timeline of January 23 agreement reached
between the organised labour and the FG on the transmission of minimum wage
bill to the national assembly.
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