- The federal government has proposed a minimum wage of N48,000, N54,000, and most recently, N60,000.
- The NLC and TUC rejected all proposals, citing the high cost of living
The Nigerian workers on Monday cut off the Senate and House of Representatives’ two buildings’ water and electricity supplies.
It was gathered that the other facilities in the National Assembly complex are also affected.
The event transpired subsequent to the National Assembly being closed by members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), a branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in observance of the labor unions’ unilateral strike declaration.
It was gathered that the entrance and exit gates of the assembly complex have also been blocked by two buses by PASAN.
Recall that the organised labour had insisted on embarking on an indefinite strike following the federal government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage above N60,000.
However, Labour is demanding N494,000. as a minimum wage from the government.
The labour unions had earlier given a May 31 ultimatum for the federal government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers.
So far, the federal government has proposed a minimum wage of N48,000, N54,000, and most recently, N60,000.
The NLC and TUC rejected all proposals and insisted on N615,500, which they demanded, citing the high cost of living
Earlier, the Federal Government had cautioned that the N494,000 minimum wage demanded by labour unions, totaling N9.5 trillion, would destabilise the economy.
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