NLC Begins Nationwide Protest Over Minimum Wage, Today

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest, today, over moves by the National Assembly to remove the national minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list.
In a statement, yesterday, the NLC said the protest will hold in the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly.
It added that the protest will start from the Unity Fountain, Abuja at 7:30 am to the National Assembly complex.
The Congress had after its emergency National Executive Council meeting in Abuja penultimate Tuesday, vowed to resist “any attempt to exterminate Nigeria’s working class”.
The House of Representatives two weeks ago debated a bill to remove the powers to negotiate wage matters from the exclusive to the concurrent list, citing the inability of state governors to pay the N30,000 minimum wage for the move.
According to a communique jointly signed by NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and the acting General Secretary of the NLC, Comrade Ismail Bello, the bill is an attempt to undermine Nigeria’s working class.
“The NEC decided that there will be a national protest action commencing from March 10, 2021, in the Federal Capital Territory, especially to the National Assembly.