LABOUR MOVEMENT DISSAPPROVES MINIMUM WAGE MOVEMENT

The move by the Senate to move the National Minimum Wage Law from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list may attract the wrath of the labour movement. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abdulwaheed Omar, who refused to disclose the specific action labour would take, should the Senate make the move, revealed that the NLC would await the outcome of the deliberations of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) expected to take place this weekend before unfolding its plans. Speaking at the end of its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja Thursday, Omar said the NLC is also worried by the breakdown of negotiations between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government over the ongoing strike action by the Universities' lecturers. He promised the congress was going to make consultations to ensure that the negotiations resume immediately. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Abba Moro yesterday was quoted to have urged university students to advise their teachers to review downwards their demands and yield to government's position. He was speaking in Abuja when he received officials of the National Union of Benue State Student (NUBSS) on a courtesy visit. disapprove