The Organized Labour said it would subject minimum wage figure President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would submit to the national assembly to the decision of the appropriate organs of the two unions.
The Head of Information of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Benson Upah, ruled out the option of immediately embarking on a nationwide strike.
Upah said the position taken by President Tinubu from the final report of the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage would determine organised labour’s next line of action.
He stated this during an interview with Vanguard newspaper.
The two proposals before Tinubu are the N62,000 offered by the government and labour’s demand of N250,000.
The NLC spokesperson said:
“Well, let the government come up with it first and then I even want you to note that there is division in the ranks of the government team, with governors saying they can’t even pay the N62,000.
”So, whatever the government transmits to the National Assembly will determine our mood. Let us wait to reach the bridge before we cross it.”
He warned state governors who are standing as obstacles to the new minimum wage to retrace their steps.
Upah said the governors’ behaviour in their states has not enhanced the wealth or capacity of their states.
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