ABUJA — THE Federal Government
said, yesterday, that the governors have no legitimate right to reduce
the national minimum wage from the present N18, 000 because it was a
product of agreement.
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| Govs has NO Right to Reduce Minimum Wage |
This came on the heels of the rejection by the Nigeria Labour
Congress, NLC, of the recent proposal to remove fuel subsidy in 2016,
the increment in the electricity tariff and the proposed re-introduction
of toll gates on the federal roads.
Warning against any plan to reduce the minimum wage at the meeting
with the leadership of NLC, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator
Chris Ngige, said the governors were only playing politics with the
issue of minimum wage.
Ngige said instead of contemplating to reduce the minimum wage, the
government would want workers to be paid higher when the economy
improves.
