{"id":121662,"date":"2024-06-16T11:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T10:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/serap-threatens-nigerian-govt-over-plans-on-minimum-wage"},"modified":"2024-06-16T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T12:29:24","slug":"serap-threatens-nigerian-govt-over-plans-on-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/serap-threatens-nigerian-govt-over-plans-on-minimum-wage","title":{"rendered":"SERAP threatens Nigerian govt over plans on minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to \u201censure that his government\u2019s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeria\u2019s international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an adequate living wage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president had in his Democracy Day Speech on June 12 stated that \u201cWe shall soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine the new minimum wage as part of our law for the next five years or less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group said it would take \u201cappropriate legal actions to compel the government to comply with its request in the public interest\u201d, if the government sends to the National Assembly any bill which fails to meet the requirements of international standards.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated 15 June 2024 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: \u201cthe reportedly proposed level of the minimum wage in the executive bill is grossly inadequate and falls short of the requirements of international human rights treaties to which Nigeria is a state party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP said, \u201cThe executive bill should reflect the international standards that Nigerian workers should be provided, at a minimum, with a living wage, in accordance with costs of living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to SERAP, \u201cAs you and your government know, Nigerian workers face many human rights challenges. Most of the people living in poverty work, yet they do not earn a wage sufficient to afford an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter, read in part: \u201cAny proposed minimum wage that fails to guarantee a life in dignity for Nigerian workers and their families would be entirely inconsistent and incompatible with international standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuccessive governments have persistently and systematically violated these guarantees. Millions of Nigerian workers remain poor due mainly to low wages and a lack of social security and social protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your government sends to the National Assembly any bill which fails to meet the requirements of international standards, and the bill is then passed into law, SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions to compel your government to comply with our request in the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed recommendations are not unrealistic, as they are based on Nigeria\u2019s international human rights obligations. Human rights are not a matter of charity. Upholding Nigeria\u2019s international obligations regarding the right of workers to an adequate living wage would protect the purchasing power of workers in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preparation of the executive bill provides you and your government an important opportunity to respect, protect, promote and advance the rights of Nigerian workers to an adequate living wage and fair remuneration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to take concrete steps to defend the rights of Nigerian workers to an adequate living wage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would ensure that the proposed executive bill protects not only against absolute poverty but also against relative poverty, as a source of social exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour government has legal obligations to reflect these guarantees in any executive bill on the new minimum wage to be sent to the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights imposes clear legal obligations on your government to ensure and uphold the right of Nigerian workers to an adequate living wage that would ensure a decent standard of living for the workers and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to put the country\u2019s resources at the service of human rights, and to advance Nigerian workers\u2019 right to an adequate living wage by immediately cutting the cost of governance and implementing bold transparency and accountability measures in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you and your government to urgently propose cuts in the huge budgetary allocations to fund security votes, jumbo salaries and allowances paid to members of the National Assembly, and unlawful life pensions to former governors and their deputies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also urge you and your government to immediately and fully recover missing public funds from MDAs, as documented in the several reports published by the Auditor-General of the Federation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese would enable you and your government to effectively comply with Nigeria\u2019s international legal obligations regarding workers\u2019 right to an adequate living wage.\u201dBalanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.<\/p>\n<p>As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.<\/p>\n<p>Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to \u201censure that his government\u2019s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeria\u2019s international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an adequate living wage.\u201d The president had in his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":121661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[13413,254,641,945],"class_list":["post-121662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-featured","tag-nigeria","tag-serap","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SERAP threatens Nigerian govt over plans on minimum wage - 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