- The NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said the union will do all it takes to ensure the new minimum wage comes to reality
- He urged workers prepare for struggle as the government may not yield to their demand easily
- The labour union’s president also condemned the killings going on in some parts of the country
The Nigerian Labour Congres (NLC) declared on Monday, April 30, that it was ready to battle the federal government to increase the living conditions of the nation’s workers through increment of their wages.
This is even as Nigerian workers today mark the 2018 Workers’ Day nationwide.
The NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who stated this at a May Day Lecture in Abuja, urged workers in the country to be ready for the battle for a better living and welfare of workers, Vanguard reports.
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According to him, government will not easily bow to workers’ demands unless there was persistence on the part of workers.
Wabba, who decried the incessant killings of Nigerians by herdsmen, said the development had become worrisome and called for questions as to whether there was, indeed, a government that actually cared for its people.
He further urged Nigerian workers to gear up to fight for their rights, stressing that government was not ready to better the life of the people through its policies and actions.
According to him, this year’s Workers’ Day celebration calls for workers to reflect on their struggle so far and be reminded that anything they have got so far was through serious struggle.
He said: “This year’s May Day, workers should gear themselves up for many more fights for better working condition and welfare and always be ready to pursue their need at all times as a union.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that the federal government said the ongoing effort to give effect to a new national minimum wage is evidence that the current administration is committed to the upliftment of the workforce.
Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, said this in a statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, director of press in the ministry to mark the 2018 workers’ day celebration.
The minister pledged that the government was commitment to enhance workers’ welfare and prosperity for all citizens in the country.
Ngige said that workers should use the occasion to reminisce on the positive outcomes of the labour’s struggle for a better working conditions and decent work environment.
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Source: Naija.ng