Wage raise and tradeoff between macroeconomic variables, by Uji A.Iliyasu The battle between Federal Government and the organised labour has been raging for decades. The Nigerian labour or the workforce want higher wages to cope with the current economic realities, but the government feels reluctant to agree to their demand. The labourforce feel that they are short-changed when they compare their take-home pay with those of the lawmakers in the National Assembly. Unfortunately we are aware of the jumbo pay for the nation's lawmakers, but methinks there is no basis for the...