The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says the strike which began on June 3 and paralysed government and commercial activities nationwide will enter its second day today.
The NLC made this announcement in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, even after the organised labour signed an agreement with the Federal Government on Monday night that a new minimum wage above N60,000 will be considered.
The post read, “until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today 4th June, we are still on strike.”
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Credible News reported that the government and organized labour had agreed to establish a new minimum wage exceeding N60,000.
This decision was made at the conclusion of a meeting held on Monday between leaders of the NLC, TUC and government representatives.
The meeting was convened by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in response to an indefinite nationwide strike initiated by labour unions demanding a living wage.
George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced the resolutions, stating that “President Bola Tinubu is committed to a national minimum wage that is higher than N60,000.”
Akume reassured Nigerians, saying, “we have had a very realistic and patriotic meeting, and the results will be manifesting.”
Credible News reported earlier that the Federal Government is willing to consider N65,000 but the sub-national governments and the private sector are yet to agree on this amount.
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