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Minimum Wage: TUC Threatens Strike, Says Tinubu Is Unserious

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) lampooned the Federal Government’s nonchalant attitude over deliberations about a new minimum wage.

The union threatened to strike if the issue was not resolved.

The president of the TUC Festus Osifo disclosed this on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, adding that “The government must be very serious in addressing the issue of a new minimum wage.”

Labour had initially demanded a ₦615,000 minimum wage but reduced it twice – now at ₦494,000. The government and the organised private sector had initially proposed ₦48,000 and ₦54,000 which were also rejected by the labour.

We Completely Reject It’

During a meeting of the committee on minimum wage on Tuesday, labour rejected the Federal Government’s new minimum wage proposal.

READ: Minimum Wage: Organised Labour Walks Out As FG Increases Proposal To N60,000

According to Osifo, the new proposal does not tally with the nation’s economic realities. He said with Nigeria’s inflation rate of 33.69% as of April 2024 based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), labour had to “completely reject” the Federal Government’s latest offer of ₦60,000.

“So, for us, we completely reject it. We want the government to be serious. Let them come and give us a breakdown of how a family is going to live with the minimum wage of ₦60,000.

“Remember, our ultimatum still subsists that we have issued on May 1st and today is the 28th day of May. So, what that clearly means is that we still have three days to resolve this matter.”

Osifo also accused the Tinubu government of policy somersaults and not having “deep thinking”.

“So, for us, we would rate them 2.5 out of 10 which is 25%,” the TUC chief argued.

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