- By Halimah Olamide
Representatives of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have arrived at the presidential villa for a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday over the minimum wage discussion.
Among those present were President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, his TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo and others.
The meeting with the President is expected to deliberate on the proposals by the labour and that of the federal government.
While the organised labour has insisted on a sum of N250,000 as minimum wage, the government has offered N62,000, about 100% increase to the present N30,000.
The labour had vowed on Wednesday not to back down in its resolve to press for N250,000.
The Head of Public Affairs of the NLC, Benson Upah said Labour would insist on its N250,000 proposal during the session with the President.
“We are going to the table with our demand of N250,000 even as the cost of living has since moved up. We have been very reasonable and patriotic,” Upah told our correspondent.
Labour leaders were invited to a meeting with the President in furtherance of Tinubu’s promise to hold more consultations with stakeholders on the minimum wage.
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The workers had last month shut down the country over minimum wage saying life has become too hard for N30,000 to continue to be the minimum wage in the country.
The President had said during his June 12 broadcast that whatever is agreed upon would be sent to the National Assembly for necessary action.