The Nigerian government’s latest proposal for a minimum wage was turned down by organised labour.
The Federal Government’s proposal to pay N60,000 as the new minimum wage was turned down by Organised Labour, which is made up of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), according to Channels Television.
Additionally, it was learned that labour changed the reasons from its N497,000 to N494,000 proposal.
According to Channels Television, a well-known participant in the tripartite committee’s negotiations for a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers disclosed that the federal government and the organised private sector had suggested a monthly minimum wage of N60,000 instead of the N57,000 they had put forth when the committee reconvened last week.
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According to Obasanjonews.com, the government had previously suggested N48,000 and N54,000, but Organised Labour had similarly rejected those proposals.
Labour had also proposed N615,000 as the new minimum wage, but they had to back down from their proposal last week, first to N497,000, and then to N494,000 on Tuesday.
With three days remaining before the labour unions’ May 31 deadline, the government, the Tripartite Committee, has not yet reached a consensus on a new minimum wage.
