Minimum Wage: You Can’t Dictate What To Pay, Labour Replies Govs

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has rejected the suggestion by governors that they should be allowed to determine the wages of their workers, saying it is not only dictatorial but against the concept of the minimum wage. The Southern Governors Forum, in a communique issued on Thursday at the end of their meeting held in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital advocated that each state should be allowed to negotiate what it could pay with labour. The Forum argued that the minimum wage should be reflective of the cost of living and that…

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