Minimum Wage
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Organised Labour on Wednesday reduced its demand for a new minimum wage from an initial N615,000 to N500,000 after an agreement could not be reached at the Tripartite Committee meeting on Tuesday.
The Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, disclosed this in an exclusive phone interview with Punch.
Ndubuaku stated that the labour team was compelled to lower its demand to ensure the Federal Government could meet the arrangement.
However, he expressed concern that despite their concession, the Federal Government is stalling the negotiation process.
He said, “Yes, it is true we have reduced it to N500,000. But we are still not making progress at the moment.”
Labour Lowers Wage Demand
Ndubuaku had told our correspondent on Tuesday that labour found it appalling that the government is not showing any sign of empathy despite knowing that the masses were struggling to adjust to the hardship and inflation brought about by its policies.
When asked about the next course of action if Wednesday’s meeting ends in another deadlock, the unionist stated that they may return to tell the anxious Nigerian workers to stay back home until the FG comes up with an acceptable offer.
He insisted on his victory in the election, which his party denounced as a “masquerade,” a sentiment echoed by international human rights organizations who had expressed doubts about the credibility and fairness of the electoral process.
Click here to watch our video of the week:
Popular Nigerian pastor Helen Ukpabio has demanded N200 billion in damages from singer Bloody Civilian…
Big Brother Naija ‘Level Up’ winner, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has publicly…
Concerns have intensified among the faculty members of Taraba State University (TSU) in Jalingo after…