New minimum wage: Why we will reject figure less than N250,000, labour speaks

  • The NLC has issued a strong warning to the federal government ahead of the announcement of a new national minimum wage
  • The labour union insisted that it would reject any amount offered by Tinubu’s government that is less than N250,000 as the salaries of Nigerian workers
  • NLC disclosed this after Tinubu announced on Wednesday, that a consensus has been reached on the long-debated new minimum wage between the federal government and organised labour

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

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will not accept a new minimum wage of less than N250,000.