Ajaero, made the demand on Wednesday in
Abuja at the 2024 edition of the International
Workers Day.
The Organised Labour has issued a warning to
the Federal Government over the new
minimum wage.
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It says if by May ending the FG has not
finalised the process of implementing the new
national minimum wage for workers, there will
be no peace in the country.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,
NLC, Mr Joe Ajaero, made the demand on
Wednesday in Abuja at the 2024 edition of the
International Workers Day.
This year’s celebration focuses on ‘Ensuring
Safety and Health at Work in a Changing
Climate’.
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The labour leader warned that if the
negotiation is not concluded by the ending of
May, there may not be industrial peace in
Nigeria.
Ajaero said the process of fixing a new
national minimum wage was still ongoing and
had witnessed robust engagements.
“All parties in the tripartite process are well
represented and the engagement has been
robust.
“We have placed our demand of N615, 000 only
before our social partners while we await their
offer.
“If, however, the negotiation of the minimum
wage is not concluded by the end of May, the
trade union movement in Nigeria will no longer
guarantee industrial peace in the country,” he
said.
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Ajaero also said labour had placed a demand
that the new Act would have a two-year life
span with an agreement for automatic
adjustments in wages any time inflation
exceeded 7.5 per cent.
He said the union further demanded that every
employer with up to five workers should pay
the new minimum wage.
Ajaero called for the strengthening of
monitoring and compliance mechanisms in
order to penalise non-complying state
governments.
He said that Nigerian workers deserve to have
a national minimum wage that approximated a
living wage.
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