We won’t accept selective minimum wage, TUC vows
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has described Vice President Yomi Osinbajo’s suggestion the yet- to- be agreed minimum wage will be selectively implemented for workers as retrogressive and unacceptable.
It said the minimum wage implementation must be holistic.
The congress also condemned delay in constituting the 29- member committee for National Minimum Wage.
It called on the federal government not to task the patience of workers beyond limit as the current wage structure is no longer tenable when viewed against the economic reality on the ground.
In a communiqué at the end of its National Executive Committee meeting signed by the President, Comrade Bobboi Kaigama and Secretary General, Comrade Musa-Lawal Ozigi, the Congress frowned at clamour for the fragmentation of the country in the name of restructuring.
It affirmed its commitment to Nigeria based on fairness, justice and equity.
The communiqué reads: “In one united Nigeria, NEC advocates restructuring that enhances efficiency of government business and creating a society where we have equal stake in the survival of the nation.
“The NEC-in-Session affirms and subscribes to unity of all Nigerians but oppose to politically motivated statements on restructuring.”
The congress also faulted decision of the government to give loan to the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to meet electricity meter supply.
It described it as a contradiction of privatization and asked the government not use public funds to fund private businesses.
The congress also demand establishment of a Secondary Education Commission, adding that unlike other tiers of education in the country, there is presently no commission in place to regulate the operations of secondary school education.
It condemned the proposed amendment to the Nigerian Liquefied and National Gas Act (NLNG Act) “because it will damage the country’s image and harm the much needed foreign investment bearing in mind the implication for security and the attendant job loses with its effect on the citizenry.’’
