Organised labour has called on owners and proprietors of media organisations to implement the proposed ₦70,000 National Minimum Wage for their staff.
Mr Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the appeal during a joint press conference with the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Festus Osifo, at the ongoing 113th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ajaero decried the poor remuneration of media professionals in the private sector, describing it as inadequate and unacceptable.
“The way at which some media houses are owing journalists is affecting our members in all the media houses and it is affecting the way they relate with other journalists all over the world,” he said.
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He urged media owners to prioritise fair and timely remuneration for their workers.
“The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are appealing to owners and proprietors of media industries to make sure that their workers are paid.
“(It should be) a competitive wage compared with their colleagues all over the world,” Ajaero added.
He stated that organised labour had given media proprietors a deadline of September to commence the payment of the ₦70,000 national minimum wage to their employees.
