The Organized Labor comprising the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has once again rejected the new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage which was proposed by the Federal Government during ongoing negotiations.
The government’s fresh offer was rejected by Organized Labor which is the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday.
However, the NLC and the TUC shifted ground from their initial ₦615,000 to ₦497,000.
A prominent member of the Tripartite Committee for the negotiation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers reporters that the Federal Government and the Organized Private Sector side of the talks proposed a ₦57,000 monthly minimum wage as against the ₦54,000 they proposed on Tuesday when the committee resumed negotiations. The government had initially proposed ₦48,000 last week, which was also rejected by the Organized Labor.
According to the source, the Organised Labour also saw reasons to drop their demand from the initial ₦615,000 minimum wage to ₦497,000.
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The Organized Labor had pulled out of the negotiation last week, accusing the government and private sector of showing unwillingness to agree on a new minimum wage.
At the resumption of the negotiations on Tuesday, the NLC and the TUC also rejected the new proposal of ₦54,000 minimum wage by the government.
The committee is yet to agree on a new minimum wage just about 10 days before the May 31 deadline the labour unions gave to the government to conclude the negotiations.
On Tuesday, NLC President Joe Ajaero described as “unsubstantial”, the fresh proposal by the government. “It is still not substantial compared to what we need to make a family moving,” the labor leader during the interview.