The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has rejected “outrightly” the new National Minimum Wage of N27,000 recommended by the National Council of State.
The TUC made its position known in a statement on Tuesday by its President and Secretary General, Comrade Bobboi Kaigama and Musa-Lawal Ozigi.
It said the fact that the Federal Government has agreed to pay N30,000 as new National Minimum Wage does not make it right for the National Council of State to wade in after negotiations had been concluded by statutory bodies.
It said: “The Council of State decision though advisory in nature is weighty and may give semblance of authority to the decision. This decision must not be allowed to stand because it will set a wrong precedence for the future: i.e, after statutory bodies have done their jobs, Council of State will now sit to review it.
“Let it be known that N30,000 minimum wage is a product of negotiation, not legislation, not advise and not a decree.
“Minimum wage issue therefore, is moving to a new theatre, the National Assembly. We expect the representative of the people if really they are to do the needful during the public hearing.”