BREAKING: Labour Declares Nationwide Strike Over Minimum wage | Read Details
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has said , it will begin a nationwide strike from Monday, June 3 as negotiations with the federal government over minimum wage hits the rock again.
The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at a press conference in Labour House, Abuja on Friday.
The decision to embark on strike is owed to federal government’s refusal to increase their N60,000 offer during a meeting held earlier on Friday.
Recall that the NLC and TUC had given a May 31, 2024 ultimatum on the new minimum wage.
On Tuesday, talks between the Federal Government and organised labour broke down after the government and organised private sector raised their offers to N60,000.
The government added N3,000 to its initial offer of N57,000 proposed last week, taking the total figure to N60,000.
It was dismissed by labour at the meeting.
At the meeting, labour again lowered its demand by removing N3,000 from the N497,000 it proposed last week, pegging the new proposal at N494,000.
