The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the signing of the N30,000 minimum wage by President Muhammadu Buhari should not be a justification for any form of bullying or victimization against the Nigerian workers.
The party, in a message today by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on the ocassion of Workers Day celebration, said the APC-led administration must elevate its discourse in understanding that workers’ welfare is not tied to a minimum wage but in creating conducive working environment, established capacity building and reward system among others.
“It is however, unfortunate that at the time Nigerian workers should have been getting ready to enjoy the benefits of a new order under Atiku Abubakar, the nation is being set back by the ills of electoral manipulations.
“The PDP nevertheless, urges the Nigerian workers not to be despondent, as the mandate, which was freely given to Atiku Abubakar, will be retrieved at the tribunal.
“The party therefore, calls on the workers, as patriotic Nigerians, to continue to put in their best in serving the nation even as it wishes them a happy Workers Day,” the PDP said.
The PDP presidential candidate for the February 23 poll, Atiku, also in a statement, urged the organized labour under their various professional unions to embrace the paths of peace, harmony and national unity in all their engagements with employers of labour and government at all levels.
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