Labour Embarks on Nationwide Protest over Minimum Wage Act
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress and their allies will today, Wednesday embark on a nationwide protest against alleged move by some members of the National Assembly to remove the Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List. In a notice distributed yesterday by the NLC, the leadership of the organised labour said workers will mobilise from the Unity Fountain at 7:30 am to the National Assembly today. While expressing labour’s opposition to the planned amendment, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC...