Ahead of today’s meeting on the new National Minimum Wage Bill by the National Council of State (NCS), there was apprehension among stakeholders amid speculations that the advisory body to the Federal Government may endorse the proposed law.
The bill, which President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to promptly transmit to the National Assembly for passage, stipulates N18,000 monthly for the least paid Nigerian worker in both the public and private sectors. There is however a specified number of workers a private outfit must engage before it can be made to pay the new wage.
The alleged favourable disposition of the Council to the new pay is, however, being opposed by some state governors, who claimed that they lack the resources to implement the new salary structure.
And for about three hours yesterday, workers of the National Assembly under the platform of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) staged a peaceful protest and barricaded the main entrance to the complex over alleged poor conditions of service in the federal legislature.
The protest, which began at 9.30 a.m. lasted till noon and stalled activities at the National Assembly including a public hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market. A meeting scheduled by the Ahmed Aliyu Wadada-led House Committee on Information in the morning was also put off.
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