The organized labour on Wednesday reportedly abandoned a meeting of the tripartite committee on new minimum wage due to the ‘ridiculous offer’ made by the federal government and the Organized Private Sector (OPS).
According to sources quoted by Vanguard, the government offered ₦48,000 while the OPS offered ₦54,000 as the new minimum wage.
The source added that the government did not also provide any data to back up its proposed figures.
The figures are a far cry from the N615,000 proposed by the organiser Labour after the zonal hearings on the new minimum wage.
In protest of the figure proposed by the government and OPS, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) walked out of the meeting which was held virtually.
A labour leader, who was part of the meeting, said the federal government was not serious about giving workers a living wage.
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