National Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Prepares For Indefinite Strike

Due to the delay by the federal government to commence the process of implementing the N30,000 new minimum wage, the organized labour has urged workers to get ready for a prolonged nationwide strike.

The spate of killings under various guise in the country was also condemned by the Organised Labour “particularly the recent pogrom in Zamfara State which has become a recurring decimal in the state.”

It said the continuous incidence of killings in Zamfara state reveals that the governance has collapsed.

The organized labour, in the New Year message by the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba 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 same opportunity to urge workers to fully mobilize for a prolonged national strike and enforce their right.

“This strike action 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 that 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,”