Breaking: FG to transmit new minimum wage to National Assembly on January 23

According to TVC, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige announced this on Tuesday, January 8.

Ngige made this promise during a rescheduled meeting with leadership of the Nigerian labour Congress in order to stop the impending nationwide strike.

The effort of the government is in a bid to stop the nationwide strike as the NLC has embarked on a protest for the proposed N30,000 minimum wage.

Premium Times reports that the NLC called on the government to keep to the agreed date.

The national president of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, urged the government to keep to the date so that the process can be completed.

Recall that the NLC in Cross River state has vowed to boycott the 2019 general elections if the federal and state governments fail to implement the N30,000 minimum wage.

The declaration was made on Tuesday, January 8, by the chairman of the state chapter of NLC, John Ushie, Punch reports.

Legit.ng gathers that Uchie, who made the declaration during a peaceful protest in Calabar to press home the workers’ demand for the implementation of the minimum wage, said labour would continue the struggle until the latter is victorious.

According to the NLC chairman in Cross River, the current minimum wage of N18,000 had become obsolete since 2015.

He said: “Labour will continue the struggle until we get victory. Victory does not come easy, it will require all our energy, and it will require us to put all. The minimum wage is long overdue since 2015. Workers have run out of patience, so we are here to take our destinies in our hands.

“We are here to protest because it is a national directive; we will do so until we get a commitment from government concerning the N30,000 minimum wage and when it will be enacted into law.

“Secondly, we are here to send a message to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately transmit the minimum wage bill to the National Assembly for passage, so that the money can get to Nigerian workers without further delay.

“If the federal government and governors say no to minimum wage, we also say there is no vote for them; no election.”