{"id":415,"date":"2024-06-28T18:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=415"},"modified":"2024-06-28T18:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:19:16","slug":"nlc-tackles-governors-over-national-minimum-wage-says-enough-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/nlc-tackles-governors-over-national-minimum-wage-says-enough-is-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC tackles governors over national minimum wage, says enough is enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-7-4-300x143.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-7-4-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-7-4-768x366.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-7-4.jpeg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>a<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has rejected the notion by state governors that they should be permitted to pay whatever they can as national minimum wage to workers.<\/p>\n<p>Benson Upah, the Congress&#8217;s head of information and public affairs in a statement on Friday, June 28, stated that the governors&#8217; notion was responsible for escalating varying dimensions of insecurity.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement by Upah reads partly: \u201cThe concept of a national minimum wage represents a national wage floor, a baseline below which no worker should be paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis double standard pits a few privileged individuals against the majority poor, which should concern anyone who loves this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing numerous companies and organizations in Nigeria to pay workers whatever they like is akin to what the governors are asking for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile these companies may not pay the same salaries, they must adhere to the national wage floor, and the same should apply to state governors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian workers should not be reduced to beggars! Enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Talks on a new wage has been stalled as President Bola Tinubu seeks more consultations on the matter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Though the Federal Government and organised private sector, OPS, agreed on N62, 000, the organised labour demanded for N250, 000 but the governor&#8217;s are prevaricating.<\/p>\n<p>However the NLC has urged the president not to fall for the antics of the governors, which it described as a blackmail and unpatriotic.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Aaa<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a By Publisher The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has rejected the notion by state governors that they should be permitted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,3],"tags":[148,102],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-economy","category-news","category-politics","tag-nigeria-labour-congress","tag-president-bola-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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