Labour, NECA, JAF decry Buhari’s delay in assenting to minimum wage Bill vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council , JNPSNC, Trade Union side, United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, and umbrella body for pro-labour civil society groups in the country; Joint Action Front, JAF, urged President Buhari to quicken action on the signing of the bill.
“Nevertheless, we expect the Presidency to expedite action in whatever due diligence it is doing and not unnecessarily delay the implementation of the minimum wage which the Nigerian workers have been eagerly looking forward to. If there is any gap between what was sent to the National Assembly and what was returned to the presidency, the presidency should liaise with the National Assembly as quickly as possible to sort things out.
”The current N18,000 monthly minimum wage has become very much inadequate and workers are finding it extremely difficult to cope with daily challenges thrown up skyrocketing prices of goods and services. This underscores the need for Mr. President to sign into law the N30, 000. National Minimum Wage bill so that appropriate bodies that will work out the consequential adjustments arising from the new National Minimum can be put in place.
On his part, President of TUC, Bobboi Kaigama, said “We do not over rush the executive because they have to study what the National Assembly sent to them. It is not just about figure, it is about law which specifies penalties, threshold and frequency of review.”Reacting, Secretary of JAF, Abiodun Aremu, said “This is just one more act of government to undermine and shortchange the workers in the implementation of the long overdue new Minimum Wage.
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