In the wake of the minimum wage negotiations and industrial actions embarked on by the Labour unions, the federal government has proposed a minimum salary of ?62,000 or ?100,000 for Nigerian workers, but organised labour has promised to reject it.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Assistant General Secretary, Chris Onyeka, called such a proposal a “starvation wage” during an interview on Channels Television on Monday, June 10, 2024.
According to Onyeka, labour will not accept the government’s most recent offer of ?62,000, stating that the typical Nigerian worker’s living wage is still ?250,000.
“Our position is very clear. We have never considered accepting ?62,000 or any other wage that we know is below what we know can take Nigerian workers home. We will not negotiate a starvation wage”, Onyeka said in the interview.
“We have never contemplated ?100,000, let alone ?62,000. We are still at ?250,000, that is where we are, and that is what we considered enough concession to the government and the other social partners in this particular situation”.
The Federal Government was granted a week to consider its plan last Tuesday, June 4, 2024, but Onyeka stated that this grace period will end at midnight on Tuesday, June 11, 2024..
He stated that if the National Assembly and the Federal Government do not respond to the demands of the working class by tomorrow, organised labour will convene to choose whether to resume nationwide strike action.
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