The Organised Labour has commend
President Muhammad Buhari for assenting to the National Minimum Wage Amendment
Act approving N30,000 for the least paid worker in the country.
It would be recalled that he bill
was passed by the National Assembly in March.
Some of the Labour leaders who
spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Thursday in Abuja described the
action as a way forward.
Mr Bobboi Kaigama, President
Trade Union Congress (TUC) said it was long overdue.
According to Kaigama, we want to
appreciate Mr President for assenting to the Bill on the National Minimum
Wage.We also want to use this opportunity to congratulate Nigerian workers.
“We also want to use this
opportunity to tell the Nigerian workers that the battle for the actualisation
of N30, 000 minimum wage is not yet over.We still have to wait for the template
to be release by the National Salaries and Wages Commission.
“We want our members to be very
calm and await the release of the table and also the consequential increases, ”
he said.
He however said although the
battle has been won it is not yet over, noting that the Federal Government does
not have issue in terms of implementation.
“I want to assure you that the
states and local governments will have issues on the implementation. That is
why I said the battle has started.
“We will begin to hear from
states government on how they will announce the implementation and which of the
states that will have one obstacle or the other, and we plan how to confront
those governments.
” The Nigerian workers also
expect that by May they should start enjoying the new wage and I am sure the
implementation has started from today and we also start counting the areas from
today , ”he added.
He said that as the Workers Day
approaches, workers were also expecting the Federal Government to do the
needful as it concerns workers’ welfare.
Also Mr Uche Ekwe, Head of
International, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) commended the President for
signing the National Minimum Wage Bill.
“I say that Nigerian workers are
happy about the signing into law the national minimum wage and we also hope
that the state governors will also do the needful, ” he said.
He also noted that the leadership
of the NLC will do a formal statement on the implementation by Mr President.
(NAN)
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