In what appears to be a sharp contrast to a statement issued by a Labour executive, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has said Organised Labour would await the decision of President Bola Tinubu on the proposals submitted to him by the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage.
In a statement issued by the NLC President who is believed to be away at a workshop in Geneva, there would be no resumption of an industrial action untill the President makes his stance known on the two proposals presented to him on the new minimum wage for workers in the country.
While Labour insists on ₦250,000 as a feasible living wage for workers, the federal and state governments as well as the Organised Private Sector – propose ₦62,000.
Ajaero also took a swipe at the state governors under the umbrella body of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum for saying that N62,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government was unsustainable.
Ajaero’s latest statement was a sharp contrast to the pronouncement of Labour that its organs would meet to decide on the resumption the industrial action relaxed last week.
Labour had said the one-week grace period given to the Federal Government last week would expire by the midnight on Tuesday and should the Federal Government and National Assembly fail to act on the demands of workers, the organs of the NLC and the TUC would meet to decide on the resumption of the nationwide industrial action