Nigerian labourers won’t be treated like panhandlers in the nation, according to the Nigeria Labour Congress, or NLC.
The NLC said as much, emphasising that state governors are not able to set minimum wages for employees.
Benson Upah, the organization’s head of information and public affairs, called the state governors’ approach to deciding what they can pay their employees “dictatorial” in a statement.
NLC underlined that the national minimum wage is a collective agreement intended to guarantee a minimal standard of life for every worker in the nation, not an arbitrary number.
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Upah told the governors that each state’s pay structure reflects its own financial resources and circumstances; the minimum salary is something else entirely.
Part of Upah’s statement says this: “The idea of a national minimum wage serves as a national wage floor—a starting point below which no worker should be compensated.
“Anyone who loves this country should be concerned about this double standard that pits a few privileged individuals against the majority of the poor.”
It’s similar to what the governors are requesting when many businesses and organisations in Nigeria are permitted to pay their employees whatever they want.
State governors ought to follow the national wage level, even though these businesses might not pay the same salaries.
“Workers in Nigeria shouldn’t be treated like panhandlers! It’s enough.
