The organised labour has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s N25,000 provisional wage increment for the average low-grade worker to cushion the effects of the removal of petrol subsidy.
The organized workers also rejected the government proposed six months of the provisional wage increase and the N15 million additional Conditional Cash Transfer for vulnerable households
Recall that President Tinubu in his nationwide broadcast on the occasion of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary had said: “Based on our talks with labour, business and other stakeholders, we are introducing a provisional wage increment to enhance the federal minimum wage without causing undue inflation.
“For the next six months, the average low-grade worker shall receive an additional twenty-five thousand naira per month.
“Commencing this month, the social safety net is being extended through the expansion of cash transfer programs to an additional 15 million vulnerable households.”
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