Labour Insists on N30,000 Wage Implementation, Mobilises for Strike

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba Monday told workers to prepare for nationwide strike over the failure of government to implement the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage.
Wabba said this was even moreso with the position of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum, NGF whose members have made it clear that they will not be able to pay the minimum wage.
In a New Year message from the NLC, Wabba said:
“Government’s dilly-dallying on the issue has strained government-labour relations with a potential for a major national strike which could just be days away. Accordingly, we would use this opportunity to appeal to the government to do the needful by urgently transmitting the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly.
”We also would like to use this opportunity to urge workers to fully mobilize for a prolonged national strike and enforce their right. This strike becomes the inevitable last option for us and we crave the understanding and support of all Nigerians and businesses. “We would want to assure workers that their labour, patience and diligence will not be in vain and that this leadership remains committed to giving all it takes to ensure that they get just and fair wages due to them in a decent work environment appropriate to their well-being. This leadership is similarly committed to ensuring there is social protection for workers.’’
“In the year that is ahead of us, the Nigeria Labour Congress remains unequivocally committed to national and workers’ goals We use this occasion to reach out to all workers, pensioners and other citizens in Nigeria and elsewhere with the message of love, joy, hope and goodwill.”