NLC to work against governors opposing new minimum wage
By Uwumarogie Peter
The Gombe Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned against the politicisation of the proposed N30, 000 national minimum wage.
Mr Haruna Kamara, the state NLC Chairman, gave the advice in Gombe on Thursday in an interview the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said that the struggle for minimum wage was a struggle for the emancipation of workers and not a tool for any political stakeholder.
“People should not join the issue of the struggle for national minimum wage, the welfare of Nigeria workers and pensioners with politics.
“This has been the norm in the past as political stakeholders often accuse labour of supporting the opposition. In 2013/2014 when we had a similar situation, many accused labour of being political with minimum wage.
“Then the struggle for the welfare of workers was perceived by many as a window to bring in the opposition and today the same thing is being…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
