The Trade Union Congress
(TUC) yesterday demanded upward review of the current ₦18,000 minimum wage from
the Federal Government.
The
Nation report continues:
This
is part of the presentation by a delegation led by TUC President, Mr Bobboi
Kaigama during a courtesy visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Noting
that the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2011 would be five years old in
March, he said in accordance with the International Labour Organization’s
Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 131 of 1970, an Ad hoc Committee should be
raised every five years for the review.
He
said: “We use this opportunity to serve notice that it is time for the Federal
Government to set up that committee and mandate it to kick start work on fixing
of a new minimum wage.
“We
trust that this will be done immediately to save Nigerian workers from the
harsh effects of present day economic realities which is taking tolls on their
meager incomes,” Kaigama said.
He also urged the Federal
Government to reverse the sale of the electricity distribution companies
(DisCos), stressing that the current operators had demonstrated lack of
will, capacity and competence to invest in the power sector and provide power
to consumers.
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