Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central), who is also the Leader of the 10th Senate has urged the Organized Labour to align with the Federal Government and accept the minimum wage proposal on the table.
He made the call in an Eid-el- Kabir message released by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs on Saturday.
He appealed to the NLC and TUC to toe the path of dialogue and peace in the negotiation of a new minimum wage, which the President had promised to duly address without delay and within the capacity of the Federal Government.
According to him, the Federal Government “has conceded to N60,000, which obviously translates to a 100 percent increase. However, the organised labour turned down the 100 percent increase offer, the highest wage increase since the birth of the Fourth Republic.
“In the interest of public welfare, the Federal Government has agreed to make more concessions in this respect. As the Federal Government reveals its new offer, I plead with the organised labour to accept it in the national interest. The economy will not remain in this condition forever. Collectively, we are taking multi-pronged measures to reverse negative economic indicators.”
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