The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has stated that it will hold
a nationwide protest to drive its demand for the upward review of the national
minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000.
The General Secretary of the NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, said
in a statement that there would be no strike for now and therefore, asked
members of the public to disregard reports that the strike would begin on
Tuesday.
The statement read in part, “It has come to our attention
that some sections of the news media have largely misrepresented our action
plan in reaction to the delay in transmitting the recommendations of the
Tripartite Committee on a new national minimum wage to the National Assembly by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
“It should be recalled that the National Executive Council
of the NLC met on December 17 last year and directed that we hold nationwide
mobilisation of workers and our allies if, by December 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, January 8,
2019, there will be a nationwide mass mobilisation and protests simultaneously
across all states in Nigeria. This does not translate to a strike.”
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