BREAKING: Tension as NLC, TUC call for emergency meeting over minimum wage

• The NLC and TUC have called for an emergency meeting following the decision of President Bola Tinubu-led FEC to defer addressing the memo on the new minimum wage
• The labour leaders have been scheduled to meet at the labour house in Abuja on Wednesday morning, June 26
• According to a senior official of the NLC, the objective of the meeting was to discuss the way forward following the decision of the FEC

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FCT, Abuja - Organised labour under the umbrella of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an emergency meeting following President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Executive Council FEC to defer a minimum wage memo.

A senior official of the NLC reportedly confirmed the emergency meeting. It was learnt that the workers' leaders would meet at the Labour House in Abuja by 10 am on Wednesday, June 26.

Minimum wage: NLC, TUC hold emergency meeting in Abuja Photo Credit: @NLCHeadquarters, @officialABAT
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Why NLC, TUC holAccording to Premium Times, the objective of the meeting was to decide on the next step after the FEC stepped down from discussing the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage's report.

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Why Tinubu deferred memo on minimum wage

Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, informed journalists on Tuesday that the FEC decided to step down the memo to allow for more consultation between President Bola Tinubu, the governors, local government authorities, and the private sector.

Idris maintained that the council's action was influenced by the fact that the federal government is not the only stakeholder in the national minimum wage conversation.

Aside from the federal government, other stakeholders include the organised private sector (OPS) and labour unions.

FG, labour meet on new minimum wage

In recent weeks, several meetings have been held on what the new minimum wage should be.

The NLC and the TUC have insisted on N250,000, while the states and OPS aligned with the federal government on a counter-offer of N62,000.

However, state governors argued that any minimum wage above N60,000 is unsustainable.

PDP chieftain speaks on N100k minimum wage

Legit.ng earlier reported that Rilwan Olanrewaju, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said every state government has the potential to pay up to N100,000 as minimum wage.

In an interview with Legit.ng, the PDP chieftain advocated that states should be allowed to pay based on what they get as allocation and their internal revenue.

Olanrewaju lamented that some governors are unwilling to tap into their state's resources to generate more revenue while advocating for state resource control.

Source: Legit.ng