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.
