Organized Labor Union has clearly stated that they do not agree with President Bola Tinubu’s statement regarding the supposed agreement on new national minimum wages during his Democracy Day address broadcast across the nation.
After negotiations on Friday, June 7, Organized Labor clarified that the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage had not reached any agreement.
However, two figures, namely N250,000 from Organized Labor and N62,000 from the government and Organized Private Sector (OPS), were proposed and should have been presented to the President.
In a statement issued by Prince Adewale Adeyanju, the Acting President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Labor emphasized that any assertion to the contrary was not only manipulated but would also not be endorsed by Labor.
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has announced its readiness to increase the minimum wage beyond N60,000 and is encouraging organized labor to accept the proposal.
The FGN revealed the figure last week following discussions with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
Signing the statement on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria were Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment.