President Bola Tinubu‘s meeting on Thursday with organized labour over the new minimum wage, has been adjourned to next week.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero and the President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo were present at the State House.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, President of the NLC, Comrade Ajaero said that there was nothing like negotiation at the meeting rather a discussion on the current economic realities in the country.
According to him, “In real sense, it wasn’t a negotiation but a discussion and we have had that discussion. We agreed to look at the real terms probably and reconvene in the next one week.
“So that’s where we are because we didn’t go down there to talk naira and kobo. At least there were some basic issues that we agreed on.”
Asked whether the organized labour insisted on the N250,000 demand at the meeting, the NLC President said, “I remember mentioning that we didn’t go into naria and kobo discussion. Now the status quo in terms of the amount N250,000 and N62,000 remains until we finish this conversation.”
