Workers on the platform of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
and Trade Union Congress (TUC), have declared that any attempt to remove the
minimum wage from the exclusive list is an attempt to enslave Nigerian workers.
The workers made this disclosure when they protested against
the removal of minimum wage from the exclusive list.
The workers who protested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital
on Wednesday advised the Oyo State House of Assembly not to be part of the Bill
that would return Nigerians workers into slavery.
The unionists noted that the protest was organized to kick against the planned removal of the minimum wage from the exclusive list to the concurrent list.
The protesting workers who began the protest at the NLC
Secretariat took their protest to Agodi and ended at the State House of
Assembly.
TUC chairman, Mr Emmanuel Ogundiran, warned the Oyo State
Assembly not to be part of what would destroy the Nigerian economy and further
throw Nigerians into the unemployment market.
Ogundiran said that some individuals were toying with the
welfare of the average Nigerian worker.
He said, “Removing the minimum wage from the exclusive list
to concurrent list means it is no more the Federal Government that have the
final say on the issue but both the state and the FG can adjudicate on it.
“It means the governors can decide on the amount to be paid
as minimum wage and this will further enslave the workers,” Ogundiran said.
He called on the Oyo State House of Assembly not to be part
of the bill and not to consider the passage of the bill, describing it as
anti-workers bill.
NLC Chairman, Mr Kayode Martins, said that the union would
do what is necessary to ensure that the bill does not see the light of the day.
He added that the governors earn nothing less than N500
million as security vote and are telling Nigerian workers that N30,000 minimum
wage was too much.
Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Muhammed
Fadeyi commended the union for the peaceful protest.
Fadeyi said the bill before its passage imust go through the
36 States Houses of Assembly and assured the unions that the State Asssembly
would take the views of the people before taking decision on the bill.
He added that the bill would not see the light of the day
irrespective of pressures from many quarters.
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