Organized Labour Rejects FG’s N60,000 Minimum Wage Offer,  Walks Out Of Discussion

By Akinwale Kasali

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Organized Labour and the Federal Government have failed to reach a compromise over the Minimum Wage of Workers.

The FG added a paltry sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja.

This prompted the Organized Labour to stage a Walk Out, as it insisted on its last proposal of N497,000 during the last minimum wage meeting.

Sources revealed that the leadership of the Organized Labour felt insulted by the FG for adding that meagre amount. It says the offer shows the “thin challant attitude of the FG to address the situation.”

One of the Leaders of the Organized Labour who pleaded anonymity said,  “This is simply a case of if they go higher, we will go lower. They need to propose something reasonable for us to propose something lower too. There is no two-way about it.

“Also, we have a way of meeting as members of the Labour before each committee meeting. This will help us to take a uniform stand by the time we get to the meeting front.

“So as long as the government is ready to present something reasonable, we will meet them in the middle,” the Labour Leader said.