NLC Urges All Tiers Of Govt To Begin Full Implementation Of N30,000 Minimum Wage

– NLC said that the negotiations for the consequential salary adjustment must be concluded

– There cannot be decent work without decent wages. The national minimum wage is the floor for decent wages

– We re-echo our position that decent work must be at the centre of Government actions to bring back economic growth

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has urged all tiers of government to begin full implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage,said that there cannot be decent work without decent wage.

The NLC president who was represented by the Second Internal Auditor of NLC, Benjamin Anthony, made this known yesterday in Abuja during a rally to mark the 2019 Decent Work Day with the theme: Invest in the Care Economy.

Wabba said that the negotiations for the consequential salary adjustment must be concluded so that all workers would have a reason to smile at the end of the month.

He said: “There cannot be decent work without decent wages. The national minimum wage is the floor for decent wages. We call on all tiers of government in Nigeria to commence full implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage.

“Also, negotiations for the consequential salary adjustment must be concluded now so that all workers would have a reason to smile at the end of this October.

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“We re-echo our position that decent work must be at the centre of government actions to bring back economic growth and build a new global economy that puts people first. Putting people first means reversal of the ugly trend of wage poverty and extreme inequality.

“We, therefore, join the rest of the global trade union movement to call on government to increase investment in care to generate economic growth, tackle growing demographic challenges and help overcome gender discrimination by mainstreaming women in the economy.

“We demand that workers be treated with dignity in our factories, offices, schools, hospitals and other work spaces. Workers are not expendable commodities. We create the wealth. We demand regularised appointments, decent work hours, paid leave, guaranteed remuneration at work and regular pension on retirement.

“We are determined to enforce the regularisation of casual, contract and outsourced workers in line with our labour laws. It is high time we brought to an end all forms of abuses, unfair, punitive and unjust practices that our fellow workers are subjected to,” he said.