FCT, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the report-making round that organised labour would be resuming its nationwide indefinite strike over the quest for a new minimum wage on Tuesday, June 11, was not true.
According to the union, the report attributed to the NLC assistant general secretary Chris Onyeka is an example of the misinterpretation of his interview on Channels TV earlier on Monday morning, June 10.
According to Chris Onyeka:
The Tribune reported that Onyeka said he told his questioners that since the labour and government had agreed to end the negotiation on minimum wage within a week, Tuesday would be the end of the one-week.
The NLC and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), will have to deliberate on the outcome and make a position.
The Labour leader then expressed surprise that he was being quoted as saying the strike would resume on Tuesday.
Organised labour and the federal government have yet to agree on the new minimum wage, as the union rejected the government’s proposal of N62,000 reached during the tripartite committee meeting.
Recall that the union embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday, June 3, over its demand for a new minimum wage. They shut down the national grid, slowing the country’s economy.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that the minimum wage has become the topic of the day, especially as the federal government and organised labour are yet to reach a conclusive agreement.
Amid the quest by the NLC and TUC, organised labour has been urged to consider something reasonable enough that small businesses can offer.
Okanlawon Gaffar, an analyst, who spoke with TimesNow.com.ng posited that small businesses and SMEs should be considered in whatever the labour are requesting so that the economy would not be ruined.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
