- By Halimah Olamide
The Nigerian Labour Congress on Friday said the decision to agree with the Federal Government on N70,000 as the new minimum wage in the country was a challenging one.
NLC said the N70,000 was far from the initial demand of the workers which had insisted on N250,000 as the minimum wage in view of the economic situation in the country.
Its communique after an emergency national executive council meeting held on Friday, said however that the decision to accept federal government’s proposal of N70,000 was “in the spirit of solidarity and sacrifice for Nigerian masses to avert a further threatened hike in the price of petrol which would inflict more hardship on the already suffering masses.”
NLC’s statement signed by its President Joe Ajaero, restated the commitment of the labour to continue to stand resolute on issues that promote the welfare of the workers and citizens in general.
The congress called on all Nigerians to be united and “hold leaders accountable.”
The Federal Government and the labour had on Wednesday announced N70,000 as the new minimum wage with a proviso that the wage would be reviewed every three years.