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Ayuba Wabba, the President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said the proposed workers minimum wage will boost the country’s economy rather than trigger inflation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wabba was in the state as a special guest at the 6th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of the National Union of Hotels and Personal Services Workers. The NLC boss made this known while addressing newsmen in Asaba, Delta state, on Thursday, October 25.
He said: “It is not true and has no empirical bases that an upward review of minimum wage would trigger inflation in the country. This is because when the minimum wage was increased in 2011, in fact, the inflation rates went down.
Go and look at the records and the data, it would rather boost the economy because it would increase the people’s disposable income. “You remember that in the midst of recession in the U.S., one of the strategies President Barrack Obama used to boost the economy of the country was to increase the minimum wage. “This, because as at that time, production was going on; people didn’t have money to purchase and what he (Obama) did was to increase the minimum wage and there was money; General Motors started to produce and people were able to buy. “In the World Bank report of recent, it has been proven that when there are money in the hands of many it is a means to addressing poverty. “Therefore, in the context of Nigeria, it is very clear and proven that once you are able to remove many of our people out of poverty, there will be a boost in our economy. This is because those at the lower echelon that are receiving N18,000 cannot afford good meals, that is the reality and truth.” He, however, blamed the challenges being faced by the people on high cost of governance in the country. According to him, “On cost of governance, if you remember, the first engagement NLC had in 2016 was a national rally for good governance and the fight against corruption. “Minimum wage has international dimension, and that is why it is a convention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). “The ILO convention 131 is the law about minimum wage and that is why even in the most capitalist economy, you have the minimum wage law. “Minimum wage is to protect the vulnerable group from exploitation, because if you have the minimum wage, you can pay higher but you are not allowed to pay below. “There are lots of evidence-based approach to look at the positive side of the minimum wage increase in Nigeria. “Why many states, including the federal government, are complaining on the issues of ability to pay is due to high cost of governance. In a particular state recently when we were arguing on the ability to pay the minimum wage, N10 billion was used to charter flight in that particular state, so we must look at it from diverse ways the challenges we are having.” He said if it was true that Nigeria belonged to the third world country and as such, its people would continue to be impoverished, “how come that members of the National Assembly receive the best salaries in the world?” “If the minimum wage of a local government councillor is N200,000, we must be on the same page and we must argue on the bases that all of us are Nigerians and we go to the same market. “These are the realities, nobody says that there is no challenge but we need to put the challenge on the table side by side. “When the earnings of political elites were reviewed in 2008, it was reviewed by 900 per cent but what was the minimum wage in 2010, put it side by side and then you will have answers for what will justify what the minimum wage stands for. In fact the employers proposed the N30,000 as minimum wage on October 5, that is the truth and truth exalts the nation. We have put the government on notice that come October 30, we shall sensitise the people and if nothing happens on Nov. 6, we shall declare a nationwide strik.” Meanwhile, We had reported that the federal government said it is not in the place of an employee to dictate salary range for their employers. The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said employees cannot dictate to their employers what they ought to earn but an agreement must be reached collectively. A statement released by the director of press for the minister, Samuel Olowookere, said the FG will need to arrive at a figure which would be paid the civil servants as minimum wage.

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