by Rachel Ogbu
Photo: Punch
The Nigerian Labour Congress has called the Senate’s plan to remove the Minimum Wage Law from the Exclusive List unfavorable to the welfare of the weak and economically disadvantaged persons in the country.
In a statement by the NLC President, Abdulwahed Omar, on Sunday, the initiative had serious implications for national security, productivity and well-being of the low-income earners.
According to reports, Omar noted that if given the opportunity to fix their respective minimum wages, state governments would not hesitate to pay minimum wages as low as N1,000 to their workers in spite of the huge resources available to them.
“The Nigeria Labour Congress notes with concern efforts by the Senate to remove the national Minimum Wage Law from the Exclusive List in defiance of reason, popular opinion and protection of the interest of the weak and the vulnerable,” he said.
“The removal will unnecessarily expose Nigerian workers, especially, those in the low-income bracket, with grave implications for security, productivity and national well-being, as most state governments if given the latitude, will pay wages as low as N1,000 per month in spite of the relatively enormous resources available to them.”
“This fear is justified or underscored by the reluctance or refusal of some of them to implement the N18, 000 Minimum Wage Law. Even for some of them that implemented the law, it took a heroic struggle.”
The Punch reports:
He added that the inclusion of the minimum wage in the concurrent list would lead to confusion, and anarchy in the country.
Omar said the NLC demanded the retention of the Minimum Wage Law in the Exclusive List for the maintenance of a standard national minimum wage as obtainable in the developed world and for protecting the weak and vulnerable workers, in a memo to the National Assembly on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
He noted that in spite of the N18, 000 Minimum Wage, the Nigerian workers remained among the least paid in the world.
Omar said the cost of living in the country had increased with the rise in inflation resulting in abominable costs for food, accommodation, and utilities.
Is NLC just waking up? NLC shd go bury its face in shame since it cannot force employers to impliment an existing law. Senate shd go on. Yeye.
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