LATEST NEWS! President Tinubu will next week announce a new minimum wage

  President Bola Tinubu will announce a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers next week. 

  The  President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, disclosed this while  discussing  the outcome of the  union's  Tuesday meeting with the  Federal Government  on the  removal of  fuel  subsidy.  

  Nigerian  Politics  recalls that the TUC had given the federal government a two-week ultimatum to  meet  its demands or risk industrial action  by  workers across the country. 

 

 Speaking on  ChannelsTV's  Politics Today  program  on Tuesday evening, Osifo noted that the  Minister  of  Labour,  Simon Lalong,  had  told them  that  he had met with President Tinubu and the  Minister  of  Finance,  Wale Edun.  

 Osifo said Lalong  had  told the union that the  wage  issue  had been  looked into,  adding that  Chairman  Tinubu would speak on the matter in the coming days.  “The  Minister  of  Labor  told us that he had  a meeting  with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the  Minister  of  Finance  and  looked into  the issue of  salary allocation.  But the president asked them to  improve matters  before  making this  announcement,” the TUC president  said. “The  minister told us  that  all these  matters will  be  sorted out  but  since  the president has  gone on a business trip,  we should give him  two  more  weeks. We said no;  We don't  have  two  more  weeks  left  to give. After  further discussion,  he said the president  will  make  an appropriate  announcement next  week.  

 Osifo noted that the union  has been coordinating with  the  Federal Government  on  palliative measures for  the  states.  “We  will  monitor  the allocation  of  palliative care  in  the  states to  ensure  the  program  is implemented appropriately. We want to see the  implementation  model, which  is why we  have consulted with  the federal government on this issue. We also raised  questions regarding  taxation and CNG  (compressed natural gas),”  the TUC president added.