BREAKING: Traffic gridlock as workers protest to National Assembly over minimum wage

Aggrieved members of the Nigeria Labour Congress have begun a protest march to the National Assembly complex in Abuja.

The union and its associates are demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would remove the National Minimum Wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list.

The House of Representatives had about two weeks ago introduced the bill which according to the sponsor, Garba Mohammed (APC Kano), would allow both the federal and state governments to freely negotiate minimum wage with their workers ” in line with our federalism.”

But the organized labour opposed the bill, saying it would weaken the working class in the country.

The protesting workers are currently marching on the Shehu Shagari Way towards the NASS complex.

The demonstration is causing severe traffic gridlock forcing motorists to seek alternative routes .

Details later…