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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is yet to implement the new minimum wage of N30,000 for its staff 2 years after it was reviewed.

TheCable understands that failure to adopt the new wage has unsettled the staff of the congress amid talks of a possible strike to push for the implementation. Workers at the NLC secretariat who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirmed that the Ayuba Wabba-led management still pays them their previous wage.

TheCable was informed at the secretariat on Monday that none of the congress’ leaders was available for comments as they are all in Kaduna, where they had directed a strike after accusing the state government of “anti-worker policies”. TheCable has ed Ayuba for comments.

NLC ON THE FOREFRONT OF CAMPAIGN FOR MINIMUM WAGE
President Muhamadu Buhari had in May 2018 signed the wage bill, effectively raising minimum pay Nigerian workers can earn from N18,000 to N30,000. The bill is binding on all employers of labour — both in the public and private sectors.

But while NLC has been threatening industrial action against states yet to implement the adjusted minimum wage, staff at its national secretariat and state offices are still hoping for when they would enjoy such privilege. In April 2019, Wabba, the NLC president, had said that all employers of labour yet to effect N30,000 minimum wage — except those employing less than 25 persons — would be made to face the law.

In January, he criticised governors yet to effect the review, saying: “We call on all our state councils still struggling with their state governments on payment of the national minimum wage and consequential salary increase, and those whose state governments have unilaterally cut wages and are owing workers salary arrears to prepare for mass industrial action and protests this New Year.”

BUT THE NLC PRESIDENT RISKS CONVICTION AS WELL
Section 9 of the national minimum wage act criminalises failure of employers to comply with the new pay, with specified penalties including a fine and payment of all arrears.

Subsection 2 reads: “Any employer who fails to comply with subsection 1 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to pay – (a) a fine not exceeding 5% of the offender’s monthly wage; (b) all outstanding arrears of the workers’ wages; …

“And (c) an additional penalty of not less than the prevailing CBN lending rate on wages owed, for each month of a continuing violation, provided the power to order payment on of wages under subsection (2) shall not derogate from rights of the worker to recover wages due to him by any other proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.”

The act also states that an officer authorised by the minister of labour shall serve a notice of enforcement to employers who fail to pay the minimum wage and where they still do not comply, in part or in whole, the matter shall be referred to the National Industrial Court.

https://www.thecable.ng/nlc-yet-to-implement-minimum-wage-for-own-staff-2-years-after

This corntree is a big massive gigantic joke

An international village, Nigeria.

NLC wey don become MUMU

Messed up country!

NLC is as useless as the letter P in the word "Psychology".

And this guy is the world President of labour union but still left mediocrity in his home!
Mtcheww!

Paid report by El Rufai

These leaders are EXTREMELY wicked. How can you let people work and to pay them then becomes a problem? Is that not madness?? Not that they're even paying good money o.

I can see El Rufai's handwriting all over this.

Hypocrites!
We are quick to expose others fault but are committing graver ones.

We desire a corrupt free society, a society that will be at par with other developed nations but our individual character is aimed at tearing the moral fabrics of the society.

The Govs calling for state autonomy and others are still trampling on Local Govt rights, both APC and PDP govs, they are unified when it come to stealing but differed when they want to toy with the masses brain.
State Gov removing elected Local Govt Chairmen without giving a damn and they are blaming FG for not giving them total control,

The FG own na him worst , from the Mannequin we have as president who raised so much critics during his predecessors era but still blaming them for every wrong in his own time.

Each man to his tent

very good. the breeze don dey blow small small

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Everybody is just fighting for his or her pocket there is no longer patriotism anymore....if NLC is a defaulter of what they vehemently fought for, then who is deceiving who....

NLC derive their funds from some percentages in workers union salary....the money is there but the priority is not to pay their workers what they are due for....

Na Desmond Elliott cause am

El Rufai is fighting back

Hah! NLC too nah office? Wetin dem dey do there, how dem dey source for income, abi dem dey under federal ministry

bluefilm:
NLC is as useless as the letter P in the word "Psychology".

as useless as the A in deAd
more useless than the E in comE

there is no NLC in Nigeria.

The government complaint is that no enough money to carry out such most especially the state governors that dare not to do so being collecting allocation increment from FG.

Olé nì everybody

That's Nigerians for you!
They complain only when they are not benefiting from the "corruption"

Jwonder:
Paid report by El Rufai

Let's agree its a paid report but is it true?

Okay

NLC na scam. Hope this news is not sponsored by El Rufus?

funny

El rufai boyz trying to distract us

A case of "you are wicked but wickedness no reach your own"

Do not put your hope in NLC. The Congress is now a congressional institution of selfish lots. They betray for a penny.

mjabdulk:
The government complaint is that no enough money to carry out such most especially the state governors that dare not to do so being collecting allocation increment from FG.

Do you understand the topic under discussion....?

if this is true let the states& fg protest and force the nlc to pay their staff minimum wage