LABOR INSISTS ON CREATION OF STATE, LG POLICE IN NEW DEMANDS
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has renewed its appeal to the Federal Government for the review of minimum wage in the country.
The congress has also made additional seven demands from the Federal Government ahead of the May 1, 2024 Workers’ Day.
Amongst these additional demands from NLC includes the creation of state and local government police to tackle insecurity in the country.
It insists that states and local governments, as well as the organized private sector, must pay the new minimum wage when it is eventually approved.
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labor Day, is a celebration of the working class, and is marked annually on May 1, or the first Monday in May.
The 2024 Workers Day is particularly being looked forward to as it is expected that President Bola Tinubu may unveil the newly proposed minimum wage for workers in the country on that day.
Earlier in the month, organized labor had pegged the new minimum wage at N615,000 per month tentatively.
The N30,000 subsisting minimum wage expired this week, as its five-year lifespan ended on April 18.
Former President Muhammad Buhari had signed the N30,000 Minimum Wage Act into law on April 18, 2019.
