Following the inability of the
Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum
wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has set Jan. 8
as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike.
NAN reports that NLC president,
Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the strike would be inevitable if nothing happened
before the set date.
He appealed to workers across the
nation to support the action to succeed in the interest of their social and
economic prosperity.
Wabba called on the Federal
Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to
the National Assembly for a speedy passage.
“Government’s dilly-dallying on
the issue has strained Government-Labour relations with a potential for a major
national strike which could just be days away.
“I want to appeal to the
government to do the needful by urgently transmitting the bill on the new
national minimum wage to the National Assembly.
“We also would like to use this
same opportunity to urge workers to fully mobilise for a prolonged national
strike and enforce their right.”
Explaining that the strike has
becomes inevitable as the last option for labour, the NLC president called on
all Nigerians and businesses to understand and support it.
He however assured workers that
their labour, patience and diligence would not be in vain.
Wabba said the NLC leadership
remains committed to giving all it takes to ensure workers get just and fair wages
in a decent work environment appropriate to their well-being.
He added that the NLC leadership
is similarly committed to social protection for workers.
“The new year presents great
opportunities for workers, pensioners, civil society allies and their friends
and families to put their numbers to good use.
“This is by voting out, not on
the basis of tribe or religion but purely policy, any candidate that cannot
serve their interest.
“In the year that is ahead of us,
the NLC remains unequivocally committed to the national and workers’ goals
which include the campaign for industrialisation, against selective enforcement
of “No Work, No Pay” policy of government, among others,” he said.
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