Comrade Ben Ukpepi, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman in Cross River State, on Thursday, said that the take-home N30,000 national minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers home.

Ukpepi disclosed this while commemorating the 2021 International Day for Decent Working Environment in Calabar.

The 2021 Day has “Just Jobs” as its theme, NAN reports.

Ukpepi explained that it was obvious that the workforce in Nigeria was working in environments that were deficient in indecency, adding that something needed to be done.

He said, “Today in Cross River, we are marking the World Decent Work Day as a result of the growing trend of huge deficit of decent work in our society.

“We see this every day in the state in the ‘casualisation’ of workers, retirement without gratuity, promotion without implementation and a dilapidated working environment.

“It’s sad that even those in the Cross River Civil Service are being converted to casual workers and there is a huge debt of non-payment of gratuity to many of our retired comrades.

“According to the ILO, decent work is a job that is secured with social security and the workers entitled to form trade unions for the protection of their rights,” he said.

Ukpepi called on the governments, both at the federal and state levels, to ensure that there was decent and profitable work for the teeming population of the nation, especially the youths.

He further stated that this was one of the ways to ensure that the youths didn’t become willing tools in the hands of desperate politicians who abandoned them after winning election.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2021/10/07/n30000-minimum-wage-no-longer-takes-nigerian-workers-home-nlc/

lol.. ok

E good say una know

Ayuba is not a serious human being. He knows what to do

lonelydora:
Ayuba is not a serious human being. He knows what to do

Judge

I don't even know what to comment sha

But I know its the Government and you Labour union officials that is responsible for this and E nor go lie lie better for una

You guys have sold workers right especially to foreigners over a spoon of portage ..But one day sha, monkey will go market and not return .

The rate at which inflation is flying high, I am equating it with the spaceX rocket � that flew above international space station. Las las 1000naira will equal $1

That's true.

Prices of things keep increasing, nobody cares about workers salaries. It still remain the same. Nigerian are really Suffering under this buhari government. He completely lack leadership ideology.


But for those that voted for Buhari's 1st ternue, I have forgiven you.

But those who voted him for the 2nd term, may God rule your life the way Buhari and his cabinet are rulling Nigeria.

Nigerian economy is going to collapse soon.

Its an import dependent country and depends on oil sales for majority of its forex.

Oil is going to crash soon with the advent of electric vehicles, and other alternative energy sources such as solar and wind energy

This means that because of lack of diversity in Nigerian economy, the coming years is going to be hell for Nigeria.

Now we have major inflation adding to it.

Unemployment is still at high double digits.

Now inflation is eating away the N30,000 minimum wage.

Even N50k is abysmal.

I think minimum wage is not the problem. With the rising prices of goods and services, even 100k minimum wage won't be enough

We are not a serious country...we have not still learned how to bring our leaders to their kneels without the use of violence...out labour union is weak.

Even the 30k, how many workers dey receive am

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Have they started paying the Minimum Wage??
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Nonsense NLC

"Nigeria is a promised land

Africa is a large continent

We are marching on to take our place

Among other nations of the world"

We sang this song with hope of a better Nigeria many many years ago but unfortunately Nigeria of yesterday was far far better than Nigeria of today.

BluntCrazeMan:
Have they started paying the Minimum Wage??
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Nonsense NLC

Same question going through my mind oo

Price of goods keep increasing every week without regulations,

Oh nigeria

Am short of word

Same 30k that is not being paid by all State

Na only God dey help we civil servants of nowadays, the politicians are milking us dry on daily basis

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@ N350 per US$, the minimum wage was pegged at N30k/month.

So @ N560 per US$, the minimum wage should be N48k/month.

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Naira dead

A small cheap hangout with a few friends in lag or abj and 30k don burn

Lol.. something that is not fully implemented sef.

NLC
What an awesome organization
So surprised the body is just speaking on this after so many of her members must have plunged deep into psychological stress
AbokiFX monitors inflation properly but NLC....
Una weldon ooh

Greediness on some parts or even many of Nigerians always contribute to the long term inflation.... When something goes up here, it never comes down even if price correct itself in the general market.

Another talk of minimum wage increase will automatically lead to increase in commodity prices... But I wonder how people survives these days though, it's terrible out there.

It is terrible,my neigbour just bought his 12.5kg of cooking gas for #8,000 usually #3,200 before buhari's regime.

Satchet of water 5 bags now are #1,000 against 15 bags or 12bags as it were just last month.

May God help us.

It has always been Dead on Arrival...
Still your #1 #plug for #original #backwoods in # naija

femi4:
Even the 30k, how many workers dey receive am

better question. And na ony public sector workers e impact o. For private sector nothing like minimum wage.

This is not funny
Things are very expensive. recently got a new job. Good pay.
Transport costs ₦40000 in 20 days.
If I will calculate cost of transporting myself too ( buying fuel) and that of my nephew who I asked to go learn interior decoration while he awaits his admission, then in a month we will be spending 105k on transportation.
Since after I made that calculation last week, I have been having headache.

Mumu nlc stop glamouring for wages increase, asks for basic amenities .moreover what stop nlc to have transportation,housing, schools entity in each local government to Cater for their members.all they know is wages increase

The more their salaries are increased the more things get tougher. The useless government knows how to collect it back from them. They should be clamoring for restructuring not salary increment.