Workers under the umbrella of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Wednesday protested against plans to remove minimum wage from exclusive list.
The protesting workers took their issues to the Office of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
They obstructed the entrance to the governor’s office, halting activities at the seat of power in Lagos.
Due to the march, there is traffic gridlock around Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, Allen Junction, Ogba, and Agindingbi among others.
TheNewsGuru recalls that that a bill seeking to remove the negotiation on minimum wage from the exclusive list to the concurrent list passed the second reading in the House of Representatives on February 23.
According to the sponsor, Garba Mohammed (APC Kano), the bill is to allow both the federal and state governments to freely negotiate minimum wage “with their workers in line with our federalism.”
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