The leadership of the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) have agreed to stage a Nationwide protest today Wednesday 10th March, to demonstrate their discontent about the plan by the National Assembly to remove Minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative list.
In a statement on Tuesday, the NLC said the protest will hold in the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly.
It added the protest will start from the Unity Fountain Abuja at 7:30 am to the National Assembly complex.
According to a communiqué jointly signed by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba and the acting General Secretary of the NLC, Ismail Bello, the bill is an attempt to undermine Nigeria’s working class.
“The NEC decided that there will be a national protest action commencing from March 10, 2021, in the Federal Capital Territory and especially to the National Assembly.
“The NEC decided that should the need arise, it has empowered the National Administrative Council of the NLC to declare and enforce a national strike action, especially if the legislators continue on the ruinous path of moving the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list,” NLC stated.
