Nigeria Labour Congress logo. Photo: NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress in Plateau State has rejected a proposed bill seeking to grant life pension and retirement benefits to members of the Plateau State House of Assembly, threatening to shut down the legislature if the bill is not withdrawn.
The NLC, alongside the Trade Union Congress and the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Plateau State, announced plans to picket the Assembly complex on July 30, describing the proposed legislation as “anti-people, self-serving and insensitive.”
Speaking at a joint press conference in Jos on Wednesday, the Chairman of the NLC in Plateau State, Eugene Manji, said organised labour would resist any attempt by lawmakers to pass the bill.
“We are picketing the Plateau State House of Assembly on July 30, and we will remain there until this bill is withdrawn. We have the capacity to sustain the protest if necessary,” Manji said.
