The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has asked President Buhari to implement the new minimum wage agreement on or before the next National Workers Day, May 1, 2019.
The new position was released to the public after the current president of the Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, spoke with some newsmen in Abuja on Saturday.
Wabba explained, “The expectation of workers is that President should be able to sign the Minimum Wage Bill, doing all due diligence before 1st of May. That is the position we have made very clearly and that is our expectation.
“We have not gotten to where we are on a platter of gold, we will continue to engage the process. So our expectation is that yes, workers day, we demand that this thing will also be delivered and therefore we are working hard and hoping that that will be done.
“We expect that there will be a timeline so that workers can get the new minimum wage in their pockets because the economic challenge is now biting harder especially those that are on fixed wages.”
The Comrade later shared his opinion about the looming fuel scarcity, adding that increment in fuel price would add to the existing hardship in the country.
He said, “In the first place, is there subsidy? It is a question that nobody has answered,” he stated, adding, “Like the President (Buhari) said, subsidy is corruption and we stand on that.
“We can be talking of subsidy if actually, we don’t produce crude oil. They have not been able to address the issue of our currency. We are paying for in efficiency.”
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