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How the Legislature Responded to COVID-19

The National Assembly, last week, received a research work on legislative responses to COVID-19, which chronicled Assembly’s preparedness for emergencies. Udora Orizu reports An international non-governmental organisation, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), in collaboration with Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) of the National Assembly on March 31,presented a report on a study conducted on legislative responses to COVID-19 in Nigeria. The report, titled: ‘Legislative Responses to COVID-19 in Nigeria’, threw light on the weaknesses, preparedness and strategies for emergencies in the thirty six States’ Houses of Assembly and the National Assembly. It also offered opportunities for improvement and how to prepare for the next similar emergency.

Labour Threatens Strike over Minimum Wage Decentralisation Bill

Our Correspondents The organised labour yesterday vowed to call out its members on a nationwide indefinite strike should the National Assembly go ahead with the bill seeking to move the National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List of the Constitution. The union argued that National Minimum Wage as embedded in the constitution is an internationally recognized standard which has the endorsement of the United Nations, through its agency, International Labour Organisation (ILO). This is coming as hundreds of members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday organised a one-day protest during which they marched to the National Assembly complex in Abuja and the state Houses of Assembly across the country.

NLC to N/Assembly: Withdraw minimum wage bill or face nationwide strike

NLC to National Assembly: Withdraw minimum wage bill or face nationwide strike Peaceful protests across the states took a new turn on Wednesday with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to embark on a. NLC protests in Abuja, Kogi and Port Harcourt, yesterday Photo: Ikechukwu Ibe, Adama John & NAN By Thu Mar 11 2021 Peaceful protests across the states took a new turn on Wednesday with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to embark on a nationwide strike over plans to move minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent list. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated this while addressing hundreds of workers who stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja to protest against the piece of legislation.

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