{"id":122985,"date":"2024-07-03T23:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T22:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc"},"modified":"2024-07-04T00:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:51:27","slug":"govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc","title":{"rendered":"Govs have no constitutional right to hijack minimum wage negotiations \u2013 NLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described state governors\u2019 interference in the national minimum wage negotiation as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The head of information and public affairs for the NLC, Benson Upah, made the statement in an interview on Arise Television.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe process for arriving at a national minimum wage comprises three parties, which is labour, employers, and government. The government is currently playing a dual role of being the employer as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernors have been part of this process, and for some of them to want to pull out from the national team (under the government) will be injurious to the whole process and an act of treachery and betrayal because they know fully that they have been part of the government team. It is tripartite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do not have the constitutional right to hijack it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Upah explained that the major issue in the minimum wage negotiation with the government is \u201cprioritisation and political will\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He described the governors\u2019 desire to take over the negotiation as \u201ccompletely irrational\u201d, warning that placing labour on the concurrent list could lead to a multiplication of laws, making it difficult for investors to navigate the legal landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Upah also noted there could be potential socioeconomic consequences if states were allowed to set their own minimum wages.<\/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. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described state governors\u2019 interference in the national minimum wage negotiation as unconstitutional. The head of information and public affairs for the NLC, Benson Upah, made the statement in an interview on Arise Television. He said, \u201cThe process for arriving at a national minimum wage comprises three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":122983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[249,254,220],"class_list":["post-122985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-minimum-wage","tag-nigeria","tag-nlc"],"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>Govs have no constitutional right to hijack minimum wage negotiations \u2013 NLC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described state governors\u2019 interference in the national minimum wage negotiation a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govs have no constitutional right to hijack minimum wage negotiations \u2013 NLC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described state governors\u2019 interference in the national minimum wage negotiation a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T22:40:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T23:51:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720037804.902332.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"735\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govs have no constitutional right to hijack minimum wage negotiations \u2013 NLC\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-03T22:40:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-03T23:51:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720037804.902332.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Minimum Wage\",\"Nigeria\",\"NLC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/govs-have-no-constitutional-right-to-hijack-minimum-wage-negotiations-nlc\",\"name\":\"Govs have no constitutional right to hijack minimum wage negotiations \u2013 NLC - 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