The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its allies are
currently at the National Assembly Complex, protesting moves by lawmakers to
remove minimum wage from Exclusive Legislative List to Concurrent Legislative
List.
The union had on Tuesday, mobilised its members across the
country to embark on the protest today (Wednesday).
Those residing in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, were
asked to converge at the National Assembly complex, while members in the 36
states were also urged to block state assemblies.
In a circular by NLC in Abuja on Tuesday, labour leaders disclosed that the protest would start from the Unity Fountain Abuja at 7:30am, to the National Assembly complex.
The bill to remove the minimum wage from Exclusive List to
Concurrent List was sponsored by Garba Datti Mohammed of Sabon Gari Federal
Constituency, Kaduna State, and has passed the first and second reading in the
House of Representatives.
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