For the second phase of meetings with federal government officials, organised labour leaders have arrived at the State House in Abuja.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the leaders of organised labour included Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and other labour union officials.
The meeting is a follow-up to the four-hour sit-down held on Sunday by both parties to avoid the labour movement’s planned nationwide, indefinite strike in protest of the nation’s economic woes.
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During the conference, organised labour rejected President Bola Tinubu’s proposed N25,000 Provisional salary increase for the typical low-grade worker and demanded the whole amount of the present minimum wage.
The government’s proposed six-month salary hike and the N15 million additional Conditional Cash Transfer for homes in need were also rejected by the organised employees.
Labour stressed that the temporary salary should apply to all employees and that it should last longer than six months, ideally until the new minimum wage is approved the following year.
The organised labour also asked that the Conditional Cash Transfer, which was being paid to the most vulnerable and needy people during the previous administration, be doubled to N25,000 from N5,000.
UPDATE: Strike Looms As NLC Rejects FG’s N25, 000 Provisional Wage
Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, is in charge of the government team.
The National Security Advisor, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, the Minister of State, Nkeiruka Onyejecha, the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, and the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Beta Edu are additional members of the government team.
A few directors from the Ministry of Labour and Employment are also in attendance.
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