TheMinister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has asked workers to disregardthe call by Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC for a one- day national protest onMonday. Ngigemade the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, in Abujaon Friday, Nwachukwu Obidewe, saying the directive by the NLC President, MrAyuba Waba, that workers protest on Monday, May 13, 2019, was unlawful. Headded that the 40 hours a week which the Nigerian workers subscribed to shouldbe used for productive ventures, especially in view of the new National MinimumWage and the consequential financial adjustments. Theminister said that the directive by the NLC to workers to attack him and hisfamily members anywhere they were sighted was a criminal offence. Ngigesaid he was already taking necessary legal action regarding the labour leader’sthreat. Hestressed that the minister remained the competent authority in all issuesconcerning labour in Nigeria.