- Labour Party has expressed concern over the demand of organised labour for a new minimum wage while criticising the current government’s extravagant spending
- A chieftain of the party, Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to meet the demands of the NLC and the TUC, considering the harsh economic reality
- At the moment, the federal government led by Tinubu has offered to pay Nigerian workers N62,000; the NLC rejected the offer and demanded N250,000 as minimum wage
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
Lagos state – Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to find a solution to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)’s new minimum wage demand.