Abuja, June 10, 2024 -The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised its members against any strike on Tuesday.
It said the union would wait to know the decision of President Tinubu before taking any decision.
Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, gave the directive on Monday from the ongoing International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ajaero said labour could embark on strike on Tuesday as the figures from the Tritiparte committee on minimum wage are with the president.
“The tripartite committee submitted two figures to the President. Government and employers proposed N62,000, while labour
proposed N250,000.
“We are waiting for the decision of the President. Our National Executive Council (NEC) will deliberate on the
new figure when it is out.
“We cannot declare strike now because the figures are with the President. We will wait for the President’s decision.
“During the tenure of the immediate past President, the figure that was proposed to him was N27,000 by the tripartite committee, but he
increased it to N30,000.
“We are hopeful that this president will do the right thing. The President had noted that the difference between N62,000 and N250,000 is a wide gulf.”
“How can any governor say he cannot pay? They cannot also be calling for the decentralization of the minimum wage.
“Are the wages decentralized? Governors whose states are not contributing a dime to the national purse and who generate pitiable Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) are collecting the same amount as governors whose states are generating billions of dollars into the FAAC.
“They should decentralise their salaries and emoluments first.
“So, where is the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki getting his money from? He is paying N70,000 minimum wage. This is the type of governor that should be emulated and not the lazy ones.”
