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The statement comes a few hours after the Organised Labour suspended its industrial action which started at 12:01 am on Monday.

The Organised Labour has vowed to reject any lean addition to the ₦60,000 offer by the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage.

The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, hours after the Organised Labour comprising the TUC and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) suspended its industrial action which started at 12:01 am on Monday.

“At the meeting on Friday, they (the tripartite committee) said they would not add anything more to the ₦60,000 but in the meeting of yesterday (Monday), Mr President was able to commit to doing what is more than ₦60,000,” Osifo said.

Before the strike, the tripartite committee which has the Federal Government, states and the Organised Private Sector as members, offered Labour ₦48,000, then ₦54,000 and then ₦57,000 and later ₦60,000, all four offers which were rejected by the TUC and NLC.

When asked whether Labour would accept a few thousand naira additions to the last offer of the tripartite committee, the TUC boss said, “No, we also told them that it’s not that we’d get to the table and you start adding ₦1, ₦2, ₦3,000 as you were doing and we got some good guarantees here and there that they would do something good.”

Osifo said the Organised Labour is not fixated on ₦494,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country but the tripartite committee must show seriousness and offer workers something economically realistic in tandem with current inflationary pressures.

Though the union leader refused to mention a specific amount, he said the new minimum wage must be equal in purchasing power to the value of ₦30,000 in 2019 and ₦18,000 in 2014.

Osifo faulted the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, for describing the industrial action by labour as “premature” and “illegal”. The TUC boss argued that during this year’s Workers’ Day on May 1, 2024, the Organised Labour gave the government a one-month notice which ended on May 31, 2024.


‘Strike Has Awoken Everybody’

The TUC leader said the little-above-24-hour strike has achieved labour’s aim as it has awoken everyone in the country to the demand of workers.

“When it comes to the issue of Labour, it should be taken much more seriously. The attention should be there.

“What has this strike achieved today? This strike has awoken everybody. I can tell you that between now and the next one week, the entire attention is going to be on the tripartite committee. That was actually what we were trying to achieve and we have achieved that,” he said.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Organised Labour relaxed its nationwide strike which started at midnight on Monday after the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume said President Bola Tinubu was committed to a national minimum wage above ₦60,000.

The President also directed the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to present a template for a new minimum wage by Wednesday.

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/06/04/labour-vows-to-reject-meagre-addition-to-%e2%82%a660000-as-minimum-wage/

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A strike that cannot last for two days, is that one a strike??

How much is lean?

How much is meager?

100k or the strike continues Insha Allah

These bunch of wereys deliberately suffered us for the past few days because of their own selfish requests

From henceforth,no sensible person should take these people serious again cuz it's very obvious they aren't fighting for the betterments of the average Nigerian .At least,I no join people wey dey collect salary

They might settle a little above 60k

Nigeria is brutally damaged,these things will reoccur.

We will keep going in circles.

Change the system, change the government .

I don't think anyone can change the system.

But the system can be changed through a phenomenon planted as a little seed deepening it's root and spreading its branches gradually like creeping plants,subtlety,unknown to even the propagators.

We will only realise it when it's fully and expanded.

I pray to be alive and sound when that time comes.

We all know that labour is labouring for ₦100k but to be sincere we way no dey government payroll benefits no sh*t out of all this struggle. God abeg bless our humble hustle.

We stiilll dey look una

E no fit pass 65k!! If e come too much, na 70k!!! Gov of edo state don already position the 70k minimum wage since last salary

Obviously, the new minimum wage now will be around 70k

Jfjr

Vows

Na statistics we wan chop?

Ok. Fingers crossed.

Anything less than 100k, shut down the entire country.!!!

100k minimum

Anything less than 100k should be rejected and implementation should be instant.

My friend sharrap


Something wey una don agree on since

Enough of the drama already

Get back to work

Abeg make una relax small, make we for enjoy NEPA light small ...

God will see us through, because this politicians are wicked no plans for people at all

Finish the job before you talk

Wahala for who's doing salary work...
Wetin concerns agbero with overload 🤭


Make Senators sef dey collect minimum wage na abi dem get two head😏

There eye don dey clear after brainwashing

Strike otilo

Anything less than $100 no collect

I don't understand why this leaders want the common man as sacrifice for the nation, is it difficult for them to lead by example? If there's no money to pay for salaries, make them self cut their salaries, at least X5 of the minimum wages is ok for them (300k) make everyone feel the heat

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NLC must admit that they are not well-versed in the art of negotiation. Infact they are very horrible at it.

They are negotiating minimum wage like a policeman at a checkpoint. No drivers license? Bring N80k! Final final olopa collects N2k.

Start negotiation at reasonable N250k. FG wants N60k. Finally both sides agree on N150k and everyone is happy until time for alert. Two weeks after months end, alert no show. Tinubu laughing his a.ss off.

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we shall see


75k max