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Minimum Wage: Labour Gives Defaulters Till March To Implement

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has affirmed that strict measures are in place to guarantee that states and employers enforce the national minimum wage and its consequential adjustment by the end of March.

Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), made this statement on Wednesday in Abuja during a one-day National Leadership Retreat for the union’s National Administrative Committee Members. The retreat focused on the theme, “Leadership Challenges Amongst Activists.”

Ibrahim, who is also the National internal Auditor of the NLC, said that the measures were imperative due to the continuous delay by states and institutions to manipulate wage payments.

According to him, one of the issues in the implementation of the minimum wage is that of insincerity.

“The national minimum wage has been signed into law, and payments should have commenced nationwide.

“But in most institutions and states, what they did was just to award a certain amount or a figure they are merely using to play with the intelligence of workers as minimum wage.

“But I am happy that the NLC is not sleeping on this matter and we have been engaging.

“But going forward, I can assure you that we are taking very stringent measures to ensure that between now and the end of this first quarter, that the minimum wage and consequential adjustment will be implemented.

“Any state or employer of labour that refuses to implement the national minimum wage and the adjustment in workers’ salaries accordingly will face the consequences.

Ibrahim, while speaking on the theme of the retreat, said that some members sabotaged strike actions, weakening the effectiveness of industrial actions.

“Unfortunately, some of our own members work against our collective struggle. They engage in blackmail and underhand dealings to derail strike actions.

“But this is not unique to SSANU; it happens in every sector. Part of why we are holding this retreat is to educate our members on the importance of unity and discipline within the union,” he said.

Ibrahim also admitted that industrial actions had lost their effectiveness due to government indifference and worker fatigue.

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