The Anambra state chapter of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), on Tuesday described as laughable, the current situation of
Nigeria where the country’s minimum wage could no longer buy a bag of rice.
The Chairman of the congress in the state, Mr
Jerry Nnubia, stated this during a rally in solidarity with Nasarawa state
workers who were allegedly killed by the police while protesting against the
slice in wages by the state government on July 29.
“We are here today to show solidarity with our
members in Nasarawa state who were killed and injured by overzealous policemen
at the gate of government house, Nasarawa for opposing slice in their salary by
the state governor, Tanko Al-Makura.
“Why should workers be victims of every
economic doom? When we have economic boom nobody remembers workers.
“A bag of rice today is N23,000 or more and
their minimum wage is N18,000. This is laughable.
“Why
haven’t the governors sliced their wages and those of their aides?
“Our position is that any governor that can’t
pay workers’ salaries should resign.
“Is it not laughable that the same salary paid
when a bag of rice was sold for N9, 000 is the same salary that is paid when a
bag of rice is sold for N23,000 or more?”
“Slicing of anybody’s salary now is not only
wicked; it’s criminal,” the NLC chairman stated.
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