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NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by earTHMama: 8:20pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
Prepare for nationwide strike from January - NLC - Demands for N52,200 minimum wage - NPA sacks 9,000 workershttp://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/19/600.html |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by Muza(m): 8:30pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
i think this is very selfish on the part of NLC, wat they should be asking for is light,road,good transport,affordable food stuffs,healthcare. . .etc but even if the govt increases their salary to N100,000 ,it wont solve their problems cos everything will increase too. and now that the govt is complaining about the price of oil i wonder. . . |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by Nobody: 8:46pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
N52,000? For most of those lazy government workers? Truth is wage increase is useless . . . prices of goods will simply skyrocket, inflation will increase and N52,000 will have no greater purchasing power than N7,500. NLC is pursuing the wrong cause here. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by earTHMama: 8:51pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
N52,000? They want to start there so as to negotiate down to about N15k. They want govt to pay corpers 52K per month? That will make some people default in NYSC and overstay their service by 2 years. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by Nobody: 8:52pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
I see some people are just waking up. NLC na propaganda. They all have political ambitions. Their motto is to fight unreasonable/unjust causes and call for as many strikes as possible. I believe Adams Oshiomole is currently a Governor!!!!!!!!!!Case closed |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by bawomolo(m): 9:14pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
its time the NLC got broken up. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by idiopathic: 12:21pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
Why are criticising the NLC. Where were you when members of the house are being paid astronomical emoluments. In nigeria, prices will rise whether salaries are increased or not. Please, let them pay the workers a living wage. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by Nobody: 12:31pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
While it is understandable that a raise is needed, it is also important to note that there is no proper regulatory body. Let's assume tomatoes cost 20 naira now. As soon as minimum wage is increased to 50 K, the tomato sellers will increase their prices to140 naira. At the end of the day, all you get in INFLATION and no appreciable change in standard of living. I mean, where is the 1naira note now. I don't even think it exists. 5 naira is also going extinct. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by texazzpete(m): 1:09pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
I thought all of you guys here were Nigerians. Because every Nigerian knows that government sabi price well well. If you start from N15k, they will only settle for \n5k. Start from an unreasonable amount in the hope that Government will beat it down to a reasonable amount. That said, N52k is extremely unreasonable |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by diasporian: 1:13pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
I am surprised at the responses, I thought the American Nigerians, who always think to know more than everyone else, will rise in support of the call by NLC, and as usual deride the country as being in shambles etc. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by chidichris(m): 4:53pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
i have said this even in the days of the most celebrated chairman of nlc-oshomole, the nlc is not informed. to start with 1 million strikes and none of the main objective achieved at the end of the day. don't they look at their counterparts in the western world. the nlc has never fought issues that will affect a trader or okada man and this accounts for reasons for their failures. they shld be informed that everyday demand for increased salary. this is a time to know what the workers really need and that is a better welfare packages. they shld be asking for housing allowances, car allowances, insurances, health care and other relative issues without talking about the monthly salary. if i have my way, i will not increase their salary and for any day of strike, they will loose reasonable amount of their salaries. on the other hand, it could be a give and take situation between the nlc and the fg because the next news will be the pump increase of fuel price. this same nlc will call us for another strike in february when the prices of crayfish and tomatoes go high. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by PapaBrowne(m): 9:06pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
earTHMama: This NLC people sef, them no go school? Can't they tell that an increase in minimum wage at this magnitude or even lower would crumble the already crippled manufacturing and services industry, then all the workers they were trying to fight for would lose their jobs? To all those that support this nonsense without understanding the impact, let me explain in layman terms. Lets take for example a small company- A Bakery. Production level= 4000 loaves/day. Turnover per day= N400,000, which is = 12,000,000 per month. Let's assume they employ 60 workers with an average wage bill of N12,000/month each, given the minimum wage of N7500. This would amount to a total monthly wage bill of 60 workers X N12,000 = N720,000. With a turnover of N12 million/month, lets give them a healthy profit of 20%.This would mean a N2.4 million profit per month. Fast forward to NLC increase of N52,000 Minimum. Since N52,000 is the minimum, lets safely assume that N70,000 is the new average wage in the Bakery. That sounds beautiful. All the workers would be so happy. N70,000 for a guy that was averaging 12,000 per month! Thats marvellous. The country would be better! Poor people now have a decent income! Nonsense, Nonsense, Nonsense. Lets see what happens to the Bakery. The bakery will now have a new monthly wage bill of N70,000 X 60 workers = 4.2 million Naira. That is more than the profits the bakery usually makes. Thats a loss of about 1.1 million Naira in just the first month after applying the new minimum wage. The bakery has just two choices. It will either close up shop or increase the price of it's bread exponentially to cover up for the new losses. Now this will happen across all bakeries, hotels, bottled water factories,media houses and every other company that employs over 20 workers. Prices of Goods would become unbearable, companies would have to shut down, and there would be no taxes for the government to pay workers salaries, pensions, contracts, etc. The economy would crumble. NLC is deceiving gullible Nigerians. And sadly, that's more than 90 percent of the population. P.S I had to make this long and layman-like explanation to help those "gullible" folks to get at least an understanding! The things NLC should demand for is the creation and implementation of a reliable infrastructural development policy. The things NLC should demand for is creation of credible environment for companies to invest from whence good paying jobs would emerge. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by Nobody: 9:20pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
you nailed it papabrowne. I think its time those NLC officials saw their position as something more than just a demand for salary increase every time. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by earTHMama: 10:20pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
Can you guys tell us the appropriate minimum wage FG should mandate employers to pay? |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by lucabrasi(m): 10:23pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
they are suspiciously silent in the face of gross injustice e.g corruption in leadershipgovernorship tribunial fraud,efcc inaction e.t.c,and have become little more than toothless bulldogs untill they have to make their selfish demands not thinking of the impact it ll have on the average nigerian,the rich will always get enough fuel same as the politicians |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by Nobody: 10:26pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
earTHMama: minimum wage is not the problem. The value of the naira is. If the economy (non oil sector) booms and inflation rate drops, minimum wage will fix itself. |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by earTHMama: 10:30pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
But they increase min wage in the US all the time, why should Nigeria's case be different?. If the economy is bad and inflation can hardly be controlled, should an avegrage Nigerian worker be suffering and waiting till they fix it or demand for an increase in wage? |
Re: NLC Demands 52,000 Naira Minimum Wage Or They Will Strike by bawomolo(m): 10:40pm On Dec 21, 2008 |
earTHMama: actually it took years for minimum wage in the US to be increased. isn't it better to control inflation rather than increasing minimum wage. |
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