Organised Labour Tuesday kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage.
The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, criticized the failure of FEC to consider the memo during Tuesday’s FEC meeting, and said stepping down the tripartite committee report “creates room for injurious speculations.”
The Assistant General Secretary of the NLC, Chris Onyeka, said Labour would not accept the latest offer of N62,000 and the N100,000 proposal made by some individuals and economists.
The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the unionists were waiting on the President to consider Labour’s proposal. But speaking at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja, the information minister emphasized the imperative of a realistic wage system that could safeguard against mass retrenchment while addressing workers’ needs.
