By Owei Lakemfa
The general strike on September 27 and 28 over a new National
Minimum Wage will, going by antecedence, be the first
of many strikes to come. This strike was not about a new wage per se or
figures; not about agreement or disagreement, not to talk about implementation.
It was merely to demand that the Buhari administration which has an unenviable
history of cancelling promises, returns to the negotiation table.
If a general strike had to
be called just to pressure government to talk with workers and employers on a
New National Minimum Wage in accordance with the constitution, imagine the
struggles that will need be waged to get the new wages implemented across all
sectors and levels of government.