The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the federal government.
TheHintsNews reports that the federal government initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage at the last meeting with the labour union which was bluntly rejected.
However, at the tripartite meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, the federal government added the sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed.
Organised labour, comprising the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress, also went down by N3,000 from its last proposal of N497,000 during the last minimum wage meeting.
According to Punch newspaper, the amount proposed by the government did not go down well with labour leaders.
A member of the union who spoke to before the meeting started noted that organised labour would only go lower if the government went higher on its demands.
The source noted: “This is simply a case of if they go higher, we will go lower. They need to propose something reasonable for us to propose something lower too. There is no two-way about it.
“Also, we have a way of meeting as members of the Labour before each committee meeting. This will help us to take a uniform stand by the time we get to the meeting front.
“So as long as the government is ready to present something reasonable, we will meet them in the middle. “