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The federal government has commenced moves to prevent a general strike ahead of the November 6 deadline set by organised labour following disagreement over a new minimum wage for workers.

Consequently, the federal government has fixed a meeting on Monday to come up with a new national minimum wage.

The minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, told State House correspondents yesterday that an“enlarged meeting of all key stakeholders in the government circle at both federal and states has been scheduled for Monday.”

While the unions are insisting on a N30,000 per month minimum wage, the federal government is proposing N24,000, while state governors are proposing N20,000, a marginal increase on the current minimum wage of N18,000, which many states have failed to implement.

LEADERSHIP Weekend recalls that organised labour last Sunday announced that it would embark on indefinite strike from November 6.

In its response, the federal government had threatened to invoke a no-work, no-pay policy if labour went ahead with its planned strike action.

However, this strong arm tactics seems not to have deterred the workers’ union. Earlier this week, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) advised Nigerians to commence stocking food and other necessities of life as workers will ensure a total shutdown of the country, beginning from November 6, should the government fail to the N30,000 new minimum wage.

In a resolution reached at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC held in Abuja on Wednesday, the workers’ union also said they were not perturbed by the no-work no-pay policy of the federal government, insisting that the right to strike was both a human right and a trade union right, and could not be abridged. The NLC said its strike would lead to a total shutdown of the country.

This unwavering stance may have signified to government that Labour is not ready to back down, hence the moves to seek ways of averting a confrontation with the workers’ union.

Labour minister, Dr Ngige, said a decision would be taken at the end of Monday’s meeting before a draft law would be transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on the new national minimum wage law.

“On Monday the economic team will meet and the governors are supposed to come so that the federal government will brief them on what is on the ground.

“And we will see what they will be able to put to us, because the government side is still three tiers, the federal, states and the local governments. The federal government is the leader.

“So, we are inviting them to come so that we will listen to them again, tell them what we are doing and what we intend to do, because they even have on that committee.

“On Monday we will have a very useful discussion before the tripartite committee will come and submit its report,’’ Ngige said.

The minister faulted NLC’s position on the draft White Paper on Industrial Harmony, saying that the labour officials were misinformed about its content.

According to him, the white paper did not oppose the inclusion of non-elected officials to lead the labour unions in negotiations.

“I don’t think they read the reports of the committee that was set up. The one I participated in is the white paper drafting and the recommendation is there.

“So what the labour officials are talking of may be misinformation, because the particular aspect of it they are talking about, we rejected it – where they say non-elected should not lead them in negotiation. My committee said `no’ because those people they call secretary–general or general secretary, some of them become automatic of those unions.

“You don’t have to dispossess them of the right to lead. So government rejected it but they are shouting that government accepted it,’’ he said.

https://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/10/fg-moves-to-avert-labour-strike-summons.html

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Well I guess why they are not taking The Labor Serious is bkuz d Last Strike didn't av much effect if we can av dat type of Subsidy Strike dey will sit up...

The govt will still 'settle' the labour leaders again and every mouths get shut, the workers bears the brunt , mouth has been shut and everything becomes normal again..NLC never ready o

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If the 18k minimum wage is being paid regularly and as at when due and no state govt is owing salaries



I swear, no worker will complain

The government is playing and NLC is filled with jokers, to me the government should break down salaries of those people at the top and help reduce prices of things, because when the minimum wage is implemented trust me prices of things would increase and most state are still owing salaries so how will they pay the new one. Is just kogi people I pity, they don't have governor.

No work no pay
No pay no re-election


Simple


If they are claiming they have no money to pay, reduce politicians salary abi are they not Dia to serve us? We will vote you guys in and be managing life while you guys live in excess... What nonsense

its a shame we still on this. its crystal clear that our Government don't give a shiit . God help us

Getting State governors to agree to the new minimum wage means expecting them to agree to reduce the amount they have marked for misappropriation.

looking forward to the strike. me self want to rest. Nigeria government are wicked o. I don't understand how someone can survive with 18k

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inoki247:
Well I guess why they are not taking The Labor Serious is bkuz d Last Strike didn't av much effect if we can av dat type of Subsidy Strike dey will sit up...

GEJ can easily listen to the plea of many but Tyrant Buhari will never... In short you cannot go on that kind of strike again because hunger will kill you

GEJ time we had plenty and life was sweet Na... We had value for almost everything that's why we went on strike comfortably but now you dare not

NLC don cast. If it were in the glory days of NLC dem declare strike, everywhere will be on lock down. Today NLC go declare strike, e go be like say nothing dey happen for town

Strike everywhere

Pavore9:
Getting State governors to agree to the new minimum wage means expecting them to agree to reduce the amount they have marked for misappropriation.

Lol , true talk

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"STRIKE" ......the only language Nigerian government takes seriously....if not wickedness how will you increase every the price of oil which in turn controls the price of everything else in this country and espect people to still be surviving on the same old salary scale for the past two to three years now
#wickedness

i thought FG said no work no pay.
so why are they running helter skelter to prevent strike.
I blame NLC...its because of their " strike today, call off tmrw " attitude that nobody takes them serious anymore.
NO WORK, NO PAY
NO PAY, NO REELECTION
hahahahaha

GOD MUST HELP OUR OPAQUED BRAINS.
WHO WILL REDEEM US FROM THIS OUR PRISON CALLED NIGERIA?

IF ALL THE LAW MAKERS START COLLECTING THE THING THEN IT WILL BELANCED BUT IF NOT WE ARE DOOMED.

Mintum:
NLC don cast. If it were in the glory days of NLC dem declare strike, everywhere will be on lock down. Today NLC go declare strike, e go be like say nothing dey happen for town

they left the main purpose of their existence for politics. who get their time again?

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Wow! That's good.
President Buhari is a man of action, kudos to him.
In fact, our votes are for him in 2019

I thought they said, no work, no payment ni

Let's reasons prevail in the minimum wage deliberations either way. What is the income of the states and its expenditure should be paramount while negotiating

Lol.... Is this democracy or crazydemo



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