Incumbent President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba has begged the Federal Government to exempt the new national minimum wage from taxation. He called on the state councils to be ready for the battle ahead for the implementation of the minimum wage, without retrenchment. I assure our members of our commitment and dedication to the resolutions of the conference.”The Congress also called on the government to exempt the expected new minimum wage from taxation. “If you tax minimum wage of N30,000, we may as well go back to N25,000 or N27,000 by default. He condemned the delay in the process for the new minimum wage, saying it was taking too long.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 06, 2019 19:30 UTC