The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27,000 new
National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of State today.
Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, the NLC General Secretary, made this known to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the
council has no jurisdiction determining another amount after a
Tripartite Committee has submitted its report.
“It is abysmal of government to be delaying the submission of an
Executive Bill to the National Assembly and by wrongfully adopting
N27,000 through the council of states,” he said. Ozo-Eson, however,
said the NLC has called an emergency National Executive Council meeting
for Friday to weigh on the deadline given to government within which to
submit an executive bill to the National Assembly.
The NLC general scribe added that the Federal Government was only projecting a shutdown of the economy with its latest action. “This is because workers should not be held responsible for any development after its NEC meeting on Friday,’’ he said.