“The Government’s proposal of a paltry N48,000 (forty-eight thousand Naira) as the Minimum Wage does not only insult the sensibilities of Nigerian workers but also falls significantly short of meeting our needs and aspirations.
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“We will not retreat until the unjust burden on Nigerians is alleviated. The continuous imposition of policies that exacerbate economic hardships is unacceptable,” Aliyu stated.
“We are quite disturbed that since the inception of this administration, its policies have brought pain, anguish and sorrow on Nigerians.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have appealed to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Power Sector operators, to reverse the increase in electricity tariff.
The Nigerian organized labour has explained why it suspended the nationwide indefinite strike that commenced on November 14.
This decision was arrived at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Emmanuel Ugboaja, the NLC Secretary General, and Festus Osifo, TUC President at the Labour House on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress set for this week has been postponed. The labour unions were ready to go on unlimited strike following the inability or unwillingness of the Government to introduce significant palliatives that would assuage the intense suffering of workers confronted by a cost of living crisis that has made feeding, transport, medical care, etc. almost impossible for the working class. When I listened to President Tinubu’s Independence Day address, the main message I heard was that he is aware of the suffering of the people and is acting to address it. What workers are saying is that they do not see any evidence yet of what is being done to alleviate their suffering. It is not clear what deal was done with the labour aristocrats leading the unions to stop the strike for the moment but the reality is that if the cost of living crisis is not addressed in a substantive way very soon, the explosion would be coming and it may not even be from wage earners. The World Bank says say that only 12% of the working class earn a formal wage in Nigeria. The vast majority are farmers or informal workers who have no unions, voice, or structure to articulate their interests and they are even more affected by the cost of living crisis.
The Nigerian organized labour, and employers have described as fake, and fraud, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s latest report that unemployment rate in the country had fallen by 4.1 percent, the Vanguard has reported.
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