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Workers and labour leaders during a protest against a bill on the minimum wage in Ikeja, Lagos…on Wednesday. Photo: Stanley Ogidi
• Wait for public hearing, stop attacking me, bill sponsor tells labour
By our correspondents
The leadership of the National Assembly will, on Tuesday next week, meet labour leaders over a bill which seeks to remove the minimum wage negotiations from the exclusive legislative list.
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing workers who marched to the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to protest the bill.
NLC to National Assembly: Withdraw minimum wage bill or face nationwide strike
Peaceful protests across the states took a new turn on Wednesday with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to embark on a.
NLC protests in Abuja, Kogi and Port Harcourt, yesterday
Photo: Ikechukwu Ibe, Adama John & NAN
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Thu Mar 11 2021
Peaceful protests across the states took a new turn on Wednesday with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to embark on a nationwide strike over plans to move minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent list.
NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated this while addressing hundreds of workers who stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja to protest against the piece of legislation.
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Minimum Wage decentralization: Reps to throw away bill
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…As Labour’s protest cripples activities nationwide
By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Dayo Johnson, Vincent Ujumadu, Festus Ahon, Tordue Salem, Chioma Onuegbu, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubakar & Adeola Badru
THE House of Representatives yesterday acceded to the demand of leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, and their allies to throw away the controversial bill seeking to remove the National Minimum Wage from exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list
The action came on the heels of the nationwide protest by labour which crippled activities across the nation yesterday. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the promise to jettison the bill, while addressing protesting members of organized labour who stormed the National Assembly complex to demand withdrawal of the bill.
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