Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), announced on Monday that the planned strike by organised labour to demand a new national minimum wage has been called off. According to reports from PUNCH, Ajaero made this announcement during the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ajaero clarified, as reported by The Guardian, that the reason for calling off the strike was President Bola Tinubu’s support for the minimum wage proposals put forward by the Tripartite Committee. The committee had proposed two figures: N62,000 from employers and the government, and N250,000 from workers.
Ajaero explained that the government has not yet adopted the N62,000 figure as the new minimum wage. The decision now rests with the president, who has the proposals from the Tripartite Committee. Until the president makes a decision, the labour movement cannot proceed with a strike.
Regarding the opposition from state governors in the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to the N62,000 minimum wage proposal, Ajaero criticized their stance against decentralizing the minimum wage. He questioned the validity of governors claiming inability to pay the proposed amount, especially considering the disparities in revenue generation among states.
Ajaero argued that before discussing decentralizing the minimum wage, governors should first decentralize their own salaries and emoluments. He pointed out the discrepancy where states contributing significantly to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) are receiving the same amounts in pay and benefits as states with lower Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and contributions to the federal coffers.……..See More
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