NLC Mulls Nationwide Protest Over Removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive List
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, plans to embark on a nationwide protest to protest a move by the National Assembly to remove the minimum wage from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List.
The NLC in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and Acting General Secretary, Ismail Bello, said its National Administrative Council could embark on a nationwide strike, should the national assembly fail to reverse their decision.
Their reaction followed a plot by the House of Representatives to change the current wage structure which gives the Nigerian government the power to negotiate the minimum wage for workers across the country.
According to the statement, the NLC warned that workers would not tolerate the undermining of their rights by those it tagged opportunistic...