The organized Labour, comprising the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress, has rejected the Federal Government N60,000 minimum wage offer.
The FG added N3,000 to the initial proposed N57,000 to make it N60,000 minimum wage against Labour Congress proposed N497,000 on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja.
According to PUNCH report, a source who gave the breakdown at the Tuesday, May 28, meeting, stated that the amount proposed by the government did not go down well with labour leaders.
A member of the union disclosed that before the meeting started the organised labour would only go lower if the government went higher on its demands.
“This is simply a case of if they go higher, we will go lower. They need to propose something reasonable for us to propose something lower too. There is no two-way about it.
“Also, we have a way of meeting as members of the Labour before each committee meeting. This will help us to take a uniform stand by the time we get to the meeting front.
“So as long as the government is ready to present something reasonable, we will meet them in the middle,” the labour leader said.
More Details…
