Minister of labour and productiviy, Chris Ngige/File
The United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC) has stated Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige remark that the brand new minimal wage might be enforced by September is laughable.
This was contained in an assertion by the ULC on Thursday the place it additionally stated the event is a ploy by the federal government to proceed holding the lives of Nigerian staff and their dependants in abeyance.”
According to the assertion, “hinging it on the lack of the committee to finish its work earlier than that date is at greatest laughable. We take into account it a ploy by the federal government to proceed holding the lives of Nigerian staff and their dependants in abeyance.
“It is a practice in shifty expediency to buy more time for the government and employers thus extending the poor wages which they have subjected Nigerian workers to over these past seven years.”
This assertion additional stated that, “It can be an indictment on the federal government, particularly the minister who must be the coordinator of the committee. If the committee fails to do its work expeditiously, then it's the failure of the supervising ministry.
“When that committee was setup, we raised eyebrows at its composition and the real motive behind its convocation. We were then of the view that the prevailing character of the committee’s membership may have largely signified the real intentions of the government as it concerns the review of the national minimum wage.”