Workers Day: NLC Kicks Against Removal Of Workers Wages From Exclusive Legislative List.

Idris Ahmed, Lokoja.

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the National Assembly not to remove the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list so the security of labour will be guaranteed.

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Chairman of the NLC Kogi state council, Comrade Onuh Edoka, made the call on Saturday while addressing workers at a rally marking the Workers Day celebration held at the Confluence stadium Lokoja.

He said removing the national. minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list will paved way for government’s reluctance in contemplating increase in salaries and subject the process to unnecessary dialogues, strikes and loss of work hours.

” Minimum Wage is a product of the law and should not be removed from the exclusive legislative list and put under concurrent list will not be in the best interest of the present and future generation of the Nigerian workers”. The labour leader emphasised.

While advocating for the maintenance of constitutional on the position of workers wages, Comrade Edoka, however , demanded that government commences the payment of approved and assented to new minimum wage by the President for over two years ago.

He said the non implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage has compounded the problems of the Kogi workers, whose old rate they received in percentage pay can not meet any of their needs.

According to Edoka, the labour union in Kogi state is concerned over the continuous discriminatory payment of salaries to the local government workers, teachers and pensioners, who are paid less than 30% of their entitlement monthly.

He lamented that the education sector is collapsing due to acute shortage of teachers as many have retired, died or retrenched due to screening committees set up to find fault in bids to downsize the workforce.

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The labour therefore advised the government to implement the approved employment of 3,700 teachers for secondary schools in the state, and pay the present “volunteers” promptly and complete.

Edoka also commended President Muhammad Buhari for approving and fixing 65 years as retirement age and 40 years of active service for teachers.