Minimum wage: Labour threatens nationwide strike November 6

Minimum wage: Labour threatens nationwide strike November 6

The labour unions in Nigeria say they would commence a nationwide, indefinite strike from November 6 if government does not meet their demands. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, and that of the United Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, stated this in a press statement on Sunday. The labour unions are angry at government’s stance on new minimum wage for workers. The federal government insists it will could only increase the minimum wage from the current N18,000 to N24,000, claiming no amount was agreed with the labour leaders at a meeting of a tripartite committee also involving the private sector. The labour unions, who initially demanded N50,000 mimimum wage, however, say they agreed to N30,000 during the negotiation. It is not true that we proposed N30,000 as the new national minimum wage, the labour leaders said. “It is also not true that the committee did not agree on a figure during its last sitting. We accepted N30,000 as a compromise to demonstrate the…