BREAKING: “The Law is Clear”, Labour Insists on National Minimum Wage, Details Emerge

TheTalk.NG journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering governance and public journalism.

FCT, Abuja – Akeem Ambali, the national treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has insisted that state governors have no power to negotiate the new minimum wage.

Ambali was reacting to the governors’ proposal, where they suggested that they should be allowed to determine the wages of their workers.

Labour eyes approval of new national minimum wage.Source: Twitter

In an interview with The Punch published on Saturday, June 29, the NLC official stated that the governors were compelled by law to implement the new national minimum wage, advising them to focus on how they would implement the national minimum wage when it is approved by President Bola Tinubu.

He said:

“Traditionally, the minimum wage is a national issue; it is not a sub-national negotiation. That is the essence of the minimum wage act, and the law is clear.

“Governors don’t have the power to negotiate the minimum wage. What they can only negotiate are other allowances, but the minimum wage is a social protection content, and it is not only applicable to Nigeria.”

TheTalk.NG reports that in the past few months, Nigerian workers under the auspices of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), are agitating for a considerable salary increase, but the government appears reluctant to yield to their demand.

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New minimum wage: NLC speaks on expectations

Earlier, TheTalk.NG reported that the organised labour said it expects President Bola Tinubu to reach out to members of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage to reconcile the figures.

Labour noted this is important considering the current stalemate.

It also said that it was expecting to see a copy of the draft bill that would be sent to the national assembly. This, it said, would ensure that some of the issues discussed at the tripartite committee were captured in the bill.

Source: TheTalk.NG

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