The Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Tuesday, February 23, served the federal government with a notice for the upward review of minimum wage.
TUC President, Bobboi Kaigama, said the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2011 would be five years old in March and in recognition of the International Labour Organisation’s Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 131 of 1970, an ad hoc committee should be raised every five years for the review.
Kaigama said: “We use this opportunity to serve notice that it is time for the federal government to set up that committee and mandate it to kick start work on the fixing of a new minimum wage.”
“We trust that this will be done immediately to save Nigerian workers from the harsh effects of present day economic realities which is taking tolls on their meager incomes.”
“Any Act that preys on the masses that it is supposed to protect negates the very essence of public policy.In the same vein, any act that compels the citizens to pay for services not delivered is not only flawed and undemocratic but ultra vires to the power of the National Assembly to make laws for the good of the country,’’ he added.
