Lobby Your Reps To Kill Minimum Wage Bill – Doguwa To NLC

Min. Wage Lobby Your Reps To Kill The Bill - Doguwa To NLC
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The Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Rep. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has urged the protesting organised labour to rather go home to lobby their representatives at the National Assembly instead if they want to kill the bill which seeks to remove minimum wage from the exclusive list.

Doguwa gave the advice while addressing some of protesters who came to protest at the National Assembly complex on Wednesday.

While commending the workers for their peaceful protest, he said they have channelled their grievances through the right channel.

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‘You are in the right hand and in the right place and the right institution which is a representation of the general membership of organized labour in Nigeria.

‘From what I am seeing now, it is clear that organized labour is against that Bill. I want to assure you that the House of Reps would give a listening ear to your message.

‘We will still invite you to come and engage with the relevant committee of which I am a member. You will come and make your position fully.

‘Your position will be heard at the committee level and when we come to plenary to consider the bill, members that are representing your respective communities, engage with them to do justice to that Bill and I can understand that the only justice would be to kill the bill.

‘I want to advise please lobby members that you elected that you do not want the bill and make sure the bill is killed,’ he said.

Recall that the organised labour had on Wednesday protested against a proposed Bill by Rep. Abbas Tajuddeen which seeks to remove the issue of minimum wage from the exclusive list to the concurrent list.

The implication of the Bill if it scales through is that, states will be given absolute discretion to determine and pay minimum wage to their workers based on their incomes and other considerations without interference by the federal government.

 

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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