New Minimum Wage: Labour bows to pressure, propose new amount to FG, details emerge

  • The federal government led by President Bola Tinubu is not ready to shift its grounds regarding its offer to Labour for the new minimum wage
  • Whilst organised labour is insisting on N615,000 new minimum wage, Tinubu’s government pegged its offer on N54,000
  • Interestingly, Joe Ajaero’s led NLC has bowed to pressure and shifted its ground by reducing its demand to N500,000 new minimum wage

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

A new report claims that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have reduced their demand for N615,000 to N500,000 as the new minimum wage.