Minimum Wage: NLC Threatens Month-Long Shutdown

As the nation anticipates a new National Minimum Wage, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a warning that it may shut down the country for a month due to the National Assembly’s plans to deregulate the Minimum Wage.

NLC President Joe Ajaero, speaking at the 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, said that the minimum wage is a national issue. He cautioned that organized labor would not tolerate governors and National Assembly members imposing unfair wages and poverty on workers and citizens.

According to Ajaero, “As we are here, a Joint Committee of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Judiciary are meeting. They have decided to remove section 34 from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List so that the state governors can determine what to pay you and so that there will be no minimum wage again. You cannot decide what you should earn.”

He further stated, “The very moment the House of Representatives and the Senate come up with such a law that will not benefit Nigerian workers, they will be their drivers and gatemen, and there will be no movement for one month.”

Ajaero firmly declared, “We cannot accept any situation where the governors and the National Assembly members will foist a slave wage on workers and force poverty on the citizens. Organized Labour will not accept it.”

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