Organized labor has asked the federal government to get serious with its latest proposal after it proposed the N48,000 wage as a huge joke. This comes ahead of a meeting with the minimum wage committee.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its counterpart, Trade Union Congress (TUC) have also dismissed suggestions that it will accept the N100,000 as the new offer from the government, according to The Guardian.
Recall last week, the NLC and TUC rebuffed the government’s N48,000 offers saying it would not shift ground with the government regarding its proposal of N615,000 minimum wage.
NLC head of information and public affairs, Benson Upah said organised labor will honor the invitation of the government but advised they should be serious.
He said: “Our expectations are that government should be serious this time around. We expect them to take more seriously the issue of wages of workers.”
On his part, a member of the NLC delegation on the tripartite committee, Professor Theophilus Ndubuaku, said it would not be kind of the government to offer N100,000.
Speaking on why the unions rejected FG’s N48,000 offer, NLC’s national treasurer, Hakeem Ambali, disclosed to the Punch that Tinubu’s government had refused to engage the main issues on why the N30,000 was no longer sustainable. “That is why Labour condemned the N48,000 suggestion. Is it meant for feeding alone?” he queried.