The Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC), says it is set to hold a nationwide protest on Tuesday
over the delay in transmitting the recommendations of the Tripartite Committee
on a new National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly.
Dr Peter
Ozo-Eson, NLC General Secretary, made this known in a statement made available
to newsmen in Abuja in Monday.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the National Executive Council (NEC) of
the NLC had threatened to embark on a nationwide protest on Jan. 8, if the
Federal Government did not send the Tripartite Committee report on N30,000
minimum wage to the National Assembly.
The
organised labour issued the threat following President Muhammadu Buhari’s
statement that a “high powered technical committee” would be set up to device
ways to ensure that its implementation did not lead to an increase in the level
of borrowing.
According to
Ozo-Eson, it should be recalled that the National Executive Council of NLC met
on Dec. 17 and directed that we hold nationwide mobilisation of workers and
allies protest.
“That is, if
by Dec. 31, 2018, the bill on the National Minimum Wage has yet to be sent to
the National Assembly to be passed as an act of parliament.
“We
immediately announced then that on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, there will be a
nationwide mass mobilisation and protests simultaneously across all states in
Nigeria. This does not translate to a strike.
“It is on
record that each time we had cause to embark on a national strike, we say so
publicly without any equivocation.
‘‘We still
don’t understand where the story about a strike commencing tomorrow came from,”
he said.
He noted
that all state councils, affiliate unions and the civil society organisations
have been fully informed and mobilised to ensure the success of Tuesday’s mass
protests in all the states and the Federal Capital Territory.
He added
that when a date was decided for the commencement of a strike subsequently, we
would inform the public appropriately.
The Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC), says it is set to hold a nationwide protest on Tuesday
over the delay in transmitting the recommendations of the Tripartite Committee
on a new National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly.
Dr Peter
Ozo-Eson, NLC General Secretary, made this known in a statement made available
to newsmen in Abuja in Monday.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the National Executive Council (NEC) of
the NLC had threatened to embark on a nationwide protest on Jan. 8, if the
Federal Government did not send the Tripartite Committee report on N30,000
minimum wage to the National Assembly.
The
organised labour issued the threat following President Muhammadu Buhari’s
statement that a “high powered technical committee” would be set up to device
ways to ensure that its implementation did not lead to an increase in the level
of borrowing.
According to
Ozo-Eson, it should be recalled that the National Executive Council of NLC met
on Dec. 17 and directed that we hold nationwide mobilisation of workers and
allies protest.
“That is, if
by Dec. 31, 2018, the bill on the National Minimum Wage has yet to be sent to
the National Assembly to be passed as an act of parliament.
“We
immediately announced then that on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, there will be a
nationwide mass mobilisation and protests simultaneously across all states in
Nigeria. This does not translate to a strike.
“It is on
record that each time we had cause to embark on a national strike, we say so
publicly without any equivocation.
‘‘We still
don’t understand where the story about a strike commencing tomorrow came from,”
he said.
He noted
that all state councils, affiliate unions and the civil society organisations
have been fully informed and mobilised to ensure the success of Tuesday’s mass
protests in all the states and the Federal Capital Territory.
He added
that when a date was decided for the commencement of a strike subsequently, we
would inform the public appropriately.
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