The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
has said it would mobilise its members against the decision of the
Senate seeking the removal of the national minimum wage from the
Exclusive List because of its potential to create a pool of the working
poor and cause slave labour in Nigeria.
The Labour center in a communiqué issued
at its National Executive Council (NEC), on thursday and signed by its
President, Comrade Abdulwahed Omar, and Acting General Secretary,
Comrade Chris Uyot, condemned in strong terms the inability/refusal of
the government to reach an amicable resolution of its dispute with the
Academic Union of Universities (ASUU).
Part of the Communiqué read: ”The
Congress is set to mobilise its members across the country against the
decision of the Senate on the prescription of a national minimum wage on
the Exclusive List, because of its potential to create a pool of the
working poor, judicial nightware, slave labour , an environment for
payment of arbitrary wages; destruction of the economy; major industrial
unrest; and worsening national security situation”
He said the Congress will leave no stone
unturned in resisting the Senate, adding that in spite of the
overwhelming support of the Nigerian people, the Senate, against every
grain of wisdom, removed Labour and the national minimum wage from the
Exclusive List.
