BREAKING: Joe Ajaero Speaks On Labour Resuming Nationwide Strike On Tuesday

Joe Ajaero has declared that Labour is not resuming the Nationwide Strike on Tuesday.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has declared that the Organised Labour is not resuming the ‘relaxed’ nationwide strike action on Tuesday.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that Ajaero disclosed this today, Monday, at the ongoing International Labour Conference (ILC) organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland.

 

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He clarified that the submission of N62,000 as proposed by the government and the organized employers’ body with labour proposing N250,000 does not translate to labour accepting N62,000 as the new minimum wage.

He said: “The tripartite committee submitted two figures to the President. Government and employers proposed N62,000 while labour proposed N250,000. We are waiting for the decision of the President. Our National Executive Council (NEC) will deliberate on the new figure when it is out.”

 

On the expiration of the one-week ‘relaxation’ of the suspended strike that is expected to resume on Tuesday, Ajaero said: “We cannot declare strike now because the figures are with the President. We will wait for the President’s decision.

 

“During the tenure of the immediate past President, the figure that was proposed to him was N27,000 by the tripartite committee but he increased it to N30,000. We are hopeful that this President will do the right thing. The President had noted that the difference between N62,000 and N250,000 is a wide gulf.”