By Seyi Babalola
Nigerian workers, represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have rejected the federal government’s new N58,000 minimum wage offer.
According to Channels Television, sources from the Nigeria Labour Congress revealed this on Wednesday.
According to the study, organized labour identified grounds to reduce their minimum wage demand from N615,000 to N497,000.
On Tuesday, the Federal Government offered organized labour a minimum wage of N54,000. Last week, it offered a minimum wage of N48,000, which prompted Nigerian workers to stage a walkout.
In an interview on Tuesday with Politics Today, NLC president Joe Ajaero described the government offer as unsubstantial.
“It is still not substantial compared to what we need to make a family moving,” he said.
Recall that organized labour proposed a N615,000 minimum wage up from N30,000, citing the prevailing economic realities Nigerians were facing.
