President Tinubu, who unveiled this in his televised nationwide broadcast, marking the occasion of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary, also disclosed that the plan was based on talks with the organised Labour, business and other stakeholders.
The Federal Government’s provisional wage increment is coming two days ahead of an impending nationwide indefinite strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in protest of worsening economic crisis, occasioned by fuel subsidy removal.
The Federal Government has, however, in the last few days, made attempts at dissuading the organised Labour from embarking on a strike, considering the fragile state of things across sectors. Besides government, other stakeholders have appealed to Labour to shelf strike plans.
