FG To Enforce No-Work-No-Pay Rule, Okays Draft White Paper

There are indications that more crisis may erupt in the
industrial sector as members of the Federal Executive Council, rose
from their meeting on Wednesday to approve a draft white paper for
implementation of “No work no pay rule”.

The clause which is contained in section 43 of the Trade Dispute
Act would be transmitted to the National Assembly anytime soon.

Other reforms contained in the white paper which government
plans to use in checkmating the excesses of unionists includes
specified tenure timeframe for union’s executives, parties to
represent government and unions in collective bargaining agreement,
maximum of seven years’ time frame for resident doctors to conclude
their programme among others.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige who briefed State
House correspondents of the development, however confirmed that the
National Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage has not reached a
truce yet on a consensus benchmark for wages.

He explained that state governments were still insisting on
N20,700 as the least they can afford, while federal government has
not shifted ground from N24,000 even though the organized labour
have pegged their minimum on N30,000 respectively.