The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,
has declared that the new minimum wage recently signed into law by President
Muhammadu Buhari, was binding on all employers of labour in the country.
NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said
this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on
Friday.
According to him, only employers
whose workers are less than 25 can be exempted from the monthly N30,000 salary
payment.
He said, “Going forward, it is
actually the implementation by employers of labour. All employers of labour,
except those that are exempted, particularly those that are employing less than
25.
“So clearly in the
implementation, what is expected now is for the Salaries and Wages Commission
to issue a guideline and circular how various employers of labour can then key
into the implementation,” he stated.
Wabba decried the varying salary
structure of the public and civil service, calling for a guide to harmonized
the system.
He called for an increase in the
payment of pensions and gratuity to retired Nigerian workers, while citing the
law.
“It (minimum wage) goes side by
side with pensions. The Constitution says anytime there is an increase in the
minimum wage, automatically pensioners should also benefit.
“We have as at today some
pensioners receiving as low as N5,000 monthly pension. Certainly, we know that
nobody can live these days on N5,000.”
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