At a protest rally Organised by labour on Tuesday in Abuja, Ayuba Wabba, President of Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has urged President Buhari to immediately transmit the new National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly.
The NLC President said “workers’ welfare and wellbeing must be paramount, that was why we insist this rally must take place across the length and breadth of the country”.
“Today in every government house in Nigeria, the protest is taking place, and here we are in the office of the Minister of the FCT.
Amechi Asugwah, President, Construction and Wood Workers Union of Nigeria said workers decided to take the action, because they “have waited more than enough, and we are running out of patience”.
The National Executive Council of NLC, threaten to embark on a nationwide protest if the Federal Government failed to send the Tripartite Committee Report on N30,000 Minimum Wage to NASS.
