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estival usually celebrated on May 1. May Day is the day set aside by the International Labour movement since 1904 to highlight the conditions, struggles, victories, hopes and aspirations of workers.
This year’s celebration is three-pronged. Apart from the May Day activities, Nigerian workers will be jumping for joy because just 12 days earlier, on Friday, April 18, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari had signed the new National Minimum Wage, NMW, of N30,000 into law. It brought to an end a fairly brief but highly intense struggle for the upping of the NMW from N18,000 to the new figure.Between August 2018 and April 2019, the NMW received a fast-tracked treatment.
This power appeared to have been lost when NLC’s mobilisations against the Buhari government’s 67 per cent fuel price hike from N87 to N145 in May 2016 by Wabba, failed to draw enough support to force a reversal of the policy. The Nigerian Organised Labour can now rest assured that they still possess the clout to influence government policy and contribute to positive change in society.
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