The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says the Organised Labour had an agreement with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the payment of ₦250,000 as the new minimum wage.
However, they rejected a proposal by President Bola Tinubu to pay ₦250,000 minimum wage and increase petrol prices.
Ajaero made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday shortly after Labour met with the President in Abuja.
“Accepting ₦70,000 was the best way to save Nigerians from further hardship,” he said.
“At last week’s meeting, the President brought a proposal that ‘I will give you guys ₦250,000’ if you allow me to equally increase the pump price of petroleum products’ and we said, ‘No, we need to go and consult’.
“Today, we went there to tell him, ‘No’. The labour movement can make sacrifices without allowing Nigerians to suffer further on the increase in the pump price of petroleum products.”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Leaders of the Organised Labour agreed on a ₦70,000 Minimum Wage on Thursday.
Earlier, it was reported that Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), stated that the Organised Labour agreed to ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers due to the wage review frequency being changed from every five years to once every three years.
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