- The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said it believes President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have approved a new national minimum wage in the range of N100,000
- The NLC, Lagos council chairman, comrade Funmi Sessi, blamed the 36 state governors for preventing President Tinubu from approving a higher minimum wage
- According to Sessi, the governors’ insistence on paying N50,000 as minimum wage during the negotiating period was responsible for the slight increase
Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy
Ikeja, Lagos state – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the Nigerian Governorsâ Forum of being responsible for the N70,000 new national minimum wage approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, July 18.