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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday called on the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage to fast-track the process in good time. The President of the NLC Ayuba Wabba, made the call at the 11 Quadrennial National Delegate Conference of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) in Abuja. He said Nigerian workers must be made to have minimum wage commensurate to their counterparts in other countries.


"The minimum wage is supported by two ILO conventions, which Nigeria has domesticated, so it must be respected. As time is also of essences, we must have the minimum wage in good time, so that workers can benefit from it.


“From what is happening in the economy it is very clear that N18, 000 is no longer feasible to sustain a worker with his family, so it is long overdue. So, we will do everything within the law to achieve this as we have already lost two years. We are also part of the tripartite committee and we should be able to fastback the process”.


He also assured that the congress would sustain the ongoing fight for the reinstatement of the 36, 000 sacked workers in Kaduna state, as well as mount pressure on the governors of Kogi and Imo states to clear salary and pension arrears.

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