Labour accepts N70,000 minimum wage offer

Leaders of the organised labour have accepted the N70,000 minimum wage approved for Nigerian workers by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said the unions had accepted the offer.

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Flanked by Comrade Festus Usifo, President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and other representatives of Nigerian workers, who attended the meeting, Ajaero said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached.

He said another reason for accepting the offer is because the president promised a review every three years as against what obtained in the past.

Labour had earlier proposed N250,000 as minimum wage for workers, a figure the federal government refused to accept.

Confirming the new N70,000 minimun wage, Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, told newsmen that the president announced the offer at a meeting with the labour leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Proofreading and editing by Gift Luckson, Editor at Neptune Prime.

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