The organised labour has vowed to reject the N62,000 or N100,000 minimum wage proposal for Nigerian workers by the federal government
The Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, described such proposal as “starvation wage”.
Onyeka insisted that labour won’t accept the latest government’s offer of N62,000, saying that its latest demand as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker remains N250,000
“Our position is very clear. We have never considered accepting N62,000 or any other wage that we know is below what we know can take Nigerian workers home. We will not negotiate a starvation wage.
“We have never contemplated N100,000, let alone N62,000. We are still at N250,000, that is where we are, and that is what we considered enough concession to the government and the other social partners in this particular situation. We are not just driven by frivolities but the realities of the marketplace, realities of things we buy every day: a bag of rice, yam, garri, and all of that”.
He said organised labour would meet to decide on the resumption of the nationwide industrial action if the Federal Government and National Assembly fail to act on workers’ demands by Tuesday, 11th of June 2024.
