Protests Rock Nation’s Capital

Hundreds of members of the Nigeria Labour Congress today marched to the national assembly complex in Abuja in a peaceful manner.

The union and its affiliates are demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would remove the national minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list.

The House of Representatives had about two weeks ago introduced the bill which according to the sponsor, Garba Mohammed (APC Kano), would allow both the federal and state governments to freely negotiate minimum wage with their workers in line with our federalism.

But the organised labour opposed the bill, saying it would undermine the working class in the country.

The protesting workers marched on the Shehu Shagari way towards the NASS complex.