The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC have made a joint proposal of N56,000 as new minimum wage to the Federal Government.
The proposed minimum wage if accepted by the Federal Government will represent a two hundred percent increase on the N18,000 presently being received by the least paid government workers.
NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, told a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the NLC and the TUC formally presented the proposed national minimum wage to the Federal Government on Tuesday.
“I can say now authoritatively that as of yesterday (Tuesday) we made a formal proposal to the Federal Government of N56,000 to be the new minimum wage.
“The demand has been submitted officially to government and we hope that the tripartite system to look at the review will actually be set up to look at it.
“Our argument is that, yes, it is true that the economy is not doing well, but the law stated that wages for workers must be reviewed after every five years.
“So, the issue must be looked into by the Federal Government and workers should not be seen as sleeping on their rights,” he said.
Recall that the national minimum wage was last reviewed in 2011.
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