As the contentious issue of new minimum wage for Nigerian workers lingers, one of the two main labour centres in the country, Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to hasten the process of transmission of the new minimum wage to the National Assembly and its subsequent signing into law.
As the contentious issue of new minimum wage for Nigeria n workers lingers, one of the two main labour centres in the country, Trade Union Congress , yesterday, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to hasten the process of transmission of the new minimum wage to the National Assembly and its subsequent signing into law.
At the end of the tripartite committee's meeting on new national minimum wage recently, the government team and the organised private sector had offered N62,000 from the current N30,000, but organised labour, comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and TUC, demanded N250,000 living wage. "That memo was stepped down to enable Mr. President to consult further, especially with the state governors and the organised private sector, before he makes a presentation to the National Assembly, before an executive bill is presented to the National Assembly.
TUC stated that the expectation of organised labour was that the new minimum wage bill should be signed into law before July. He stated,"We also call on the president, the National Assembly, and every stakeholder to expedite action in passing the new national minimum wage into law. Osifo, however, said organised Labour had gone beyond the payment of N30,000, saying expectations are that by early July, a new minimum wage Act would have been in place.
He stated that Kogi State had become a lot more labour-friendly now, adding that workers have benefited from a number interventions being implemented by Ododo.
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