
,Organised Labour has insisted on its N250,000 new minimum wage proposal, stating it would not negotiate what it described as ‘starvation wage.’
The Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chris Onyeka, said labour would not accept the latest offer of ₦62,000 and the ₦100,000 proposal made by some individuals and economists.
This was as the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the unionists were waiting on President Bola Tinubu to consider labour’s offer.
Ajaero said this in an interview with journalists on Monday at the ongoing International Labour Conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland
The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has presented its report, according to information released by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday.
The tripartite committee’s discussions with the organized private sector and the federal government came to an end last Friday.
Labor sought N250,000, however the government and OPS decided on N62,000 instead.
However, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, in a statement, said any minimum wage higher than N60,000 was not sustainable.
In a statement on Monday, the Director, Information and Public Relations, OSGF, Segun Imohiosen, said the committee report would be presented to the President when the organised labour leaders return from Switzerland.
“The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has concluded its assignment and submitted its report to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday, June 10, 2024.
“A formal presentation of the report will be made to Mr President for appropriate action when the leadership of Organised Labour as well as representatives of the government and the Organised Private Sector, who are presently in Geneva, Switzerland, for the ongoing International Labour
n Monday, NLC Assistant General Secretary Onyeka discussed the minimum wage negotiation on the Channels Television program “Morning Brief.” He stated, “Our position is very clear; we have never considered accepting ₦62,000 or any other wage that we know is below what Nigerian workers can take home.” We’re not going to bargain for a pitiful salary.
The NLC scribe continued, saying, “We have never considered ₦100,000, let alone ₦62,000.” We have remained at ₦250,000 because we felt that was a sufficient compromise to make to the government and other relevant stakeholders in this specific scenario.
n addition to being motivated by frivolities, we are also driven by the reality of the market—the goods we regularly purchase, such as bags of rice, yam, garri, and other items.
According to Onyeka, the Federal Government has been given a one-week ultimatum since the strike was suspended, and it will expire at midnight on Tuesday.
He declared that the NLC and TUC will meet to discuss whether to resume nationwide industrial action if the Federal Government and the National Assembly did not respond to
“The tripartite committee presented the President with two figures,” he stated. Labor proposed N250,000, while the government and employers proposed N62,000. We are awaiting the President’s decision. After it is released, our National Executive Council will discuss the new figure.
“Since the figures are with the President, we cannot call a strike at this time. We’ll hold off until the President makes a choice. The amount that the tripartite committee had recommended to the immediately previous President (Muhammadu Buhari) was N27,000, but he raised it to N30,000.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, which oversees state governors, was chastised by the NLC president for rejecting the N62,000 minimum wage proposal.
“How can any governor claim he cannot pay?” he exclaimed. They cannot be advocating for the minimum wage to be decentralized as well.
Do they receive decentralized pay? Governors who generate pitiful Internally Generated Revenue but do not contribute a thing to the national budget receive the same amount
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