The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has accused the federal government of betrayal of trust over implementation of the new national minimum wage.
In a statement by the President, Comrade Quadri Olaleye and Secretary General, Comrade Musa-Lawal Ozigi, the Congress said it was rejecting the recent circular released by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission on the implementation of the new minimum wage.
It claimed the government was trying to use backyard tactics to avoid labour action and warned that it will not accept anything that negates the reason for setting up the minimum wage committee.
The Congress said that by this circular, the government is testing the patience of the workers. It called on the government to either go to the negotiating table to complete the assignment or risk the wrath of the workers.
The Congress recalled that recently the newly inaugurated green and red chambers of the National Assembly were showered with billions of naira at a time government is playing games with the minimum wage. It said that the organized labour should not be blamed for any consequential action arising from non implementation of the minimum wage.
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