Cautions Buhari on freedom of press
The
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday condemned the sealing of the
National Stadium, Surulere to prevent workers from celebrating
yesterday’s Workers’ Day, warning the new acting Inspector General of
Police, IGP, Solomon Arise to learn from the misadventures of his
predecessors by operating within the ambit of the law.
It also
demanded N90, 000 as minimum wage for workers in the country, saying
that the five year operational period of current N18,000 minimum wage
would come to an end this year and must be reviewed.
MINIMUM WAGEWe
cannot address the challenge of income inequality and poverty without
addressing the question of salaries and wages for working people because
there is intricate linkage between income, consumption and production.
We assure that we will continue to use the instrumentality of collective
bargaining to improve the wages and salaries of our members.
In
the immediate the incoming administration must be put on notice that
five year tenure of the national minimum wage ends this year and we are
putting before the new administration a proposal of N90,000 for
negotiation with the Federal Government and Nigeria Employers’
Consultative Association, NECA. This modest proposal is based on the
unstable micro economic environment, naira devaluation and the high rate
of inflation.
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