The labour congress has appealed
to state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to
pay the new minimum wage.
Emmanuel Ugboaja,
General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the appeal while
fielding questions from journalists on Sunday in Lagos.
According to Mr Ugboaja, any
governor who refuses to pay the minimum wage should be impeached.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum had said that the state governors
would not pay beyond their individual capacities.
However, the NLC scribe said that
there was no basis for the governors to complain about payment of the N30,000
minimum wage.
He said that they had the
capacity to pay.
“It is criminal to say you cannot
pay the new minimum wage.
“Some of these leaders ride in
private jet, so they can pay,’’ Mr Ugboaja said.
He said that the organised labour
was in support of the return of the Labour Advisory Council, which would help
to mediate between the government and workers.
He urged the federal government
to take actions against employers who would not pay the new wage.
President Muhammadu Buhari signed
the N30,000 minimum wage law on April 18.
After that, labour and the
government debated heavily on the consequential adjustment on workers’
salaries.
On October 18, both parties
agreed on a 23.2 per cent increase for workers on grade level 07 and 20 per
cent for those on grade level 08, while 19 per cent would be received by
workers on grade level 09, 16 per cent for those from levels 10 to 14 and 14
per cent for grade levels 15 to 17. (NAN)
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