The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it will oppose any attempt by the National Assembly to remove labour matters, including the minimum wage, from the exclusive legislative list of the Federal Government to the concurrent list, where individual states would determine their workers’ wages.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the vow on Friday at the
National Administrative Council, NAC, meeting of the Central Working Committee
held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Ajaero, who described the move as an exercise in futility, argued
that the issue of minimum wage is treated globally as a national matter in line
with International Labour Organisation, ILO, conventions, which regard member
countries as entities, not sub-national units such as states.
According to him, the plan by the lawmakers was a calculated
attempt to bastardise the national minimum wage structure and shift other
labour-related responsibilities to the states, including the establishment of
state industrial courts that would independently handle wage disputes, a move
he said violates ILO principles.
“The National Assembly should not go into this exercise in
futility unless members will also allow their respective states to determine
their wages,” the labour leader said.
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