The organised labour on Saturday rejected the resolution of the House of Representatives seeking the upward review of the minimum wage for Nigerian workers to N 30 , 000 from the current N 18 , 000
The President of the Trade Union Congress , Bobboi Kaigama , told our correspondent on Saturday that the organised labour is demanding N 56 , 000 .

He stated that the labour unions were awaiting the executive arm of government to set up a committee to speed up the process.

“The procedure is for the tripartite body to sit down and agree on a figure , present it to the National Executive Council , National Council of State and to the National Assembly , ” he said .

The Nigerian Labour Congress on its part, commended the recommendation of the House of Representatives but said that the process to determine an approved minimum wage has started with a tripartite engagement involving the labour , the private sector and the government .

The General Secretary of the NLC, Peter Ezon , stated this in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday.

He said the tripartite arrangement would recommend the minimum wage to the government and in turn take it to the National Assembly for legislation.

“We welcome the concerns of the House of Representatives members and we also beg them to put more pressure on government to institute the process of the tripartite committee so that it can be concluded and returned to the National Assembly , ” Ezon said .

The NLC scribe said some state governors were struggling to pay the N 18 , 000 minimum wage because they failed to set their priorities right .
He accused the Federal Government of delaying the process of sending the approved new minimum wage to the National Assembly .

He warned that the labour movement was losing patience with the government and might be forced to act appropriately to achieve its demands .

As of the time of filing this report , President of the Trade Union Congress , Bobboi Kaigama , was yet to respond to a request for his union’ s reaction .

The PUNCH had reported on Thursday that members of the House of Representatives warned that a nationwide strike by workers over low wages could force the country’ s economy back into recession .

The lawmakers therefore urged the Federal Government to increase the current minimum wage to N 30 , 000 to avert workers ’ strike .

oz4real83:
I will prefer making it a minimum of N500/hour for unskilled and semi-skilled. That will motivate workers to be more productive. Suppose a worker works 10hours a day,it will be equivalent to N5,000 while for 20 days will be a minimum of N100,000. At an exchange rate of N360/dollar,this N100,000 is roughly $278 which isnt too much. Any worker that offers zero hour of work will get zero income. If u go on strike for no justifiable reasons,u also get zero income. Hourly payment is a better option.

AnonyNymous:

Thatsvseeiously how it ought to be, but you know how people in Nigeria are:

1) Employees will start wasting time to do jobs they could have finished much quicker. Just because they want to drag the time spent for a while longer and earn more pay. Unless there's a specific 'milestone' of work expected to be completed in an hour, I'm not sure that'll work.

2) Its an avenue for employers to cheat employees too. By claiming they haven't done as much time as they claim they have. Its hard to investigate when an employer makes such claim and thus they'll be making more profit without having to pay out all of what they really should.

He stated that the labour unions were awaiting the executive arm of government to set up a committee to speed up the process

oz4real83:
I will prefer making it a minimum of N500/hour for unskilled and semi-skilled. That will motivate workers to be more productive. Suppose a worker works 10hours a day,it will be equivalent to N5,000 while for 20 days will be a minimum of N100,000. At an exchange rate of N360/dollar,this N100,000 is roughly $278 which isnt too much. Any worker that offers zero hour of work will get zero income. If u go on strike for no justifiable reasons,u also get zero income. Hourly payment is a better option.

emmyw:
Stubborn People Everywhere, Is It Not Better Than The N18,000 or The "ve Forgotten That Half Bread Is Better Than None, What's Even My Business

PissedOffWeed:
reject it abeg!!!!!

My friend in Australia gets paid 10$ per hour for just serving at an eatry!

That's #3500 per hour... He works 5 hours a day due to school

That's 17K a day minimum

This country is so so fuckingly gibberish!!!!!!