The Organized Labour has vowed to reject any lean addition to the 60,000 naira offer by the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage.

The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), FESTUS OSIFO, stated this on a monitored television programme.

OSIFO said the Organized Labour is not fixated on 494,000 naira as the new minimum wage for workers in the country, but the tripartite committee must show seriousness and offer workers something economically realistic in tandem with current inflationary pressures.

Though the union leader refused to mention a specific amount, he said the new minimum wage must be equal in purchasing power to the value of 30,000 naira in 2019 and 18,000 naira in 2014.

He also faulted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, LATEEF FAGBEMI, for describing the industrial action by labour as “premature” and “illegal”. 

The TUC boss argued that during this year’s Workers’ Day on May 1, 2024, the Organized Labour gave the government a one-month notice which ended on May 31, 2024.

OSIFO said the little-above-24-hour strike has achieved labour’s aim as it has awoken everyone in the country to the demand of workers.