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The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has announced that there will be no strike action tomorrow in order to push for a new national minimum wage.
Ajaero made this announcement today, Monday, at the ongoing International Labour Conference (ILC) organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
He clarified that while the government and employers proposed N62,000, and labour proposed N250,000 as the new minimum wage, this does not mean that labour has accepted the N62,000 proposal.
Ajaero stated, "We cannot declare a strike now because the figures are with the President. We will wait for the President’s decision. Our National Executive Council (NEC) will deliberate on the new figure when it is out."
He also criticized the governors of the 36 states under the Nigerian Governors’ Forum for rejecting the N62,000 proposal, questioning how a governor can claim they cannot afford it and calling for the decentralization of the minimum wage.
