The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced that it will not embark on a strike action tomorrow, Tuesday, to demand a new national minimum wage.
This decision was made known by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, at the ongoing International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ajaero said: “We cannot declare strike now because the figures are with the President.”
He added that the tripartite committee’s proposals are awaiting the President’s decision, and the NLC’s National Executive Council will deliberate on the new figure once it is announced.
“During the tenure of the immediate past President, the figure that was proposed to him was N27,000 by the tripartite committee but he increased it to N30,000. We are hopeful that this President will do the right thing. The President had noted that the difference between N62,000 and N250,000 is a wide gulf,” he said.
Ajaero berated governors who declared that they wouldn’t be able to pay a minimum wage of N62,000.
He said, “How can any governor say he cannot pay? They cannot also be calling for the decentralization of the minimum wage.
“Are there wages decentralized? Governors whose states are not contributing a dime to the national purse and who generate pitiable Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) are collecting the same amount as governors whose states are generating billions of dollars into the FAAC.
“They should decentralize their salaries and emoluments first.”
He praised Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, who is paying a minimum wage of N70,000, as an example to be emulated.
He said, “So, where is the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki getting his money from? He is paying N70,000 minimum wage. This is the type of governor that should be emulated and not the lazy ones.”
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Nigeria labour congress should be very serious with their demand or else Government will not take them serious and they will suffer people for nothing without any tangible reaction from the Government. Even though if they increase the wages the inflation rate will still increase so is still thesame . What we need is let the price of commodities come down let life easy for the common on the street and the naira to regain it value let everyone be happy. People are suffering so much and they can’t afford to buy anything now because of the cost of the commodities with high cost of living. Government should play a vital role to yearn to the aspiration of the people and keep their promises for good acountabilty and reliability in all arms of Government for a substainable democracy.
Ajaero we know you as an igbo man who loves money so it has been given to you so keep quiet there
Yes you are right, the price of makert control, will help us …
The problem isn’t minimum wage, y’all at the top wanna get the common man damned. PMS pump price and electricity bills should be worked on rather than agitating for salary increase.