The Cross River Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) says it will not participate in the 2019 general elections if the federal and state governments fail to implement the ₦30,000 minimum wage.
The state NLC Chairman, John Ushie, made the announcement on Tuesday during a peaceful protest in Calabar to press home the workers’ demand for the implementation of the minimum wage.
Mr. Ushie said the Federal Government wants to hold the 2019 general elections without implementing the minimum wage because they know that once the election is held, that becomes the end of the minimum wage.
He accused the Federal Government of always hurriedly fixing plan-less meetings with
The chairman condemned the long period the minimum the wage bill had been with the Presidency with no plans of transmitting it to the National Assembly for passage into law.
