The National Labour Congress strongly opposes the decentralisation of minimum wage discussions.
Adebayo Aribatise, the Secretary of NLC in Oyo State, expressed concerns in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Ibadan, stating that the decentralisation of minimum wage negotiations could potentially place workers in certain states at a disadvantage.
In recent times, certain political figures have been advocating for decentralized discussions regarding minimum wage.
Mr Aribatise said, “The fact remains that the law binds states to pay national minimum wage. It is expected that the federal government will continue to set the minimum wage. If not, some governors will continue to do as they like.
“Some governors will bastardise the agreement if we allow it and junior workers will continue to earn nothing worthwhile.”
