NLC Vows to Resist Move to Decentralise Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared its readiness to resist any move by the National Assembly to transfer labour matters, including the national minimum wage, from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list - a move that would allow individual states to set their own wage structures.

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NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the declaration on Friday during a meeting of the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the Central Working Committee held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Describing the proposed legislative amendment as “an exercise in futility,” Ajaero warned that labour would not sit back and watch the national minimum wage structure dismantled. He argued that such decentralisation runs counter to global best practices and violates International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions, which recognise minimum wage as a national policy responsibility.