Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has alleged that the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero was frustrating negotiations for new minimum wage to please the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi.
In a post on his verified X account on Monday, Omokri said Ajaero’s national strike would only cause national strife.
He explained that this was the eighth time Ajaero is calling this year.
Omokri added: “He has called more strikes than the last three NLC Presidents combined! If he wants to be a striker, let him go and become a footballer. He can then compete with Messi and Ronaldo on who is the GOAT striker.
“Even the Organised Private Sector, the manufacturing base of Nigeria, have publicly said they cannot pay ₦494,000, and patriotically suggested ₦60,000, which is a reasonable amount.
“I even think the government should go as high as ₦80,000. But ₦494,000 is just outrageous and an attempt by Joe Ajaero to please his master, Peter Obi, who himself pays his own workers at Next Supermarket peanuts.
“How can any reasonable person demand that the minimum wage should increase by 1600%? Has Nigeria’s revenue, production capacity, or tax base expanded by 1600%? Is Joe Ajaero an economic saboteur who wants to crash our economy to make it easy for his boss in the 2027 election?
“Ajaero is a politician. He should leave labour unionism and join Peter Obi’s political movement.”
