NLC to hold nationwide protest Tuesday

The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will on Tuesday hold a
nationwide protest to drive its demand for the upward review of the
national minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000.

The General Secretary of the NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, said in a
statement that there would be no strike for now.

Ozo-Eson, therefore, asked members of the public to disregard
reports that the strike would begin tomorrow.

The statement read in part, “It has come to our attention that
some sections of the news media have largely misrepresented our
action plan in reaction to the delay in transmitting the
recommendations of the Tripartite Committee on a new national
minimum wage to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu
Buhari.

“It should be recalled that the National Executive Council of
the NLC met on December 17 last year and directed that we hold
nationwide mobilisation of workers and our allies if, by December
31, 2018, the bill on the national minimum wage has yet to be sent
to the National Assembly to be passed as an Act of Parliament.

“We immediately announced then that on Tuesday, January 8, 2019,
there will be a nationwide mass mobilisation and protests
simultaneously across all states in Nigeria. This does not
translate to a strike.”