NASS promises upward review of minimum wage

Senate President Bukola Saraki has assured that the National assembly will review upwards the N18,000 minimum wage, insisting that Nigerian workers should not be made to bear the pains of recession imposed on the country by politicians.

Saraki gave the assurance while receiving hundreds of protesters led by the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and civil society organizations, who are demanding an end to corruption in government, increase in minimum wage amongst others.

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as: “Make payment of salary a priority, non-payment of pension equals to bad governance, in the anti-corruption war, a cow is a cow, no sacred cow amongst others.”

Saraki in company of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun and other lawmakers addressed the protesters.

The protesters dispersed even as labour leaders promised that such protest march will now become regular until their demands are met.

Labour is pressing for a new minimum wage of 56,000 and regular and uninterrupted payment of workers’ salaries.