The organised labour movement in Nigeria has told the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage, that it has resolved to relax the indefinite strike by seven days.
The tripartite committee meeting, which has been adjourned to Wednesday, also accepted the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to consider an amount higher than N60,000 as the new national minimum wage.
In the last forty-eight hours, most Nigerians have been confused, anguished, frustrated, and angry over the indefinite strike called by the NLC and TUC.
Some others, however, remained indifferent about the industrial action.
Nigerians can now breathe a sigh of relief as the organised labour keeps to resolutions reached in a meeting on Monday, June 4, at the instance of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, to relax the indefinite strike for 5 working days or one week.
The government and the organised private sector are excited about the government’s decision, but the harder decision remains: what amount is the government willing to add to its sixty thousand Naira proposal to arrive at an acceptable and realistic minimum wage for all parties?
There seem to be convictions among the government and private sector that an amount will be agreed upon at Wednesday’s meeting that will force labour to clamp down on N494,000 and call off its industrial action.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
