The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), via its president, Ayuba Wabba, on Tuesday commended the House of Representatives for adopting N30, 000 as the new
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), via its president, Ayuba Wabba, on Tuesday commended the House of Representatives for adopting N30, 000 as the new National Minimum Wage. Stakeholders had on Monday engaged the National Assembly at a public hearing to press home their demand of N30, 000 as the new national wage as agreed by the Tripartite Committee. According to Wabba, the passage confirms the wishes of the people and even the social partners.
“Because during the public hearing, organised private sector confirmed that N30, 000 was mutually agreed, and also all other sectors came in and said that it was N30, 000 that was mutually agreed. So, clearly speaking, I think what happened at the National Assembly is just to uphold the wishes of the people and the Tripartite Committee, and also centrally to recognise workers contributions to national development.
“We also plead with the Senate to follow the same path, so that it can be assented to and workers could begin to benefit from it. I want to say that in this battle for the new national minimum wage, all of us are winners, nobody is a loser because really the centrality is what matter most,” he said.
