Union Congress (TUC) yesterday gave the Federal Government a 14-day
The Trade Union Congress
(TUC) yesterday gave
thehappyworld.org the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to announce a
new national minimum wage.
TUC President, Bobboi
Kaigama, at a press conference in Lagos, warned that failure to meet the
ultimatum which started yesterday might affect the industrial peace and harmony
in the country.
The ultimatum was a reaction to
thehelloamerica.com a statement credited to the Minister of Labour,
Chris Ngige, that the committee should adjourn indefinitely to enable him do
further consultations with the government.
Kaigama said: “The
Minister’s pronouncement is capable of rubbishing the work of the committee as
well as raising serious concerns about the readiness of the government to accede
to the putting together of a new national
thesecretoftime.net minimum wage.
Beyond this, the
Minister’s pronouncement has generated considerable tension among workers and
provoked sharp reactions from the unions which justifiably argue that the
Government is only out to waste the time of workers and is not prepared to pay
a new national minimum wage”.
He said before the
announcement, the committee was satisfied that it received memoranda and inputs
from 21 state governments, specialized Agencies of the Federal Government, the
Organized Private Sector (OPS), Organised Labour and the general public adding
that the national minimum wage was not only legally due about two years ago.
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