The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would mount pressure on Federal Government to ensure payment of N35,000 wage award arrears to civil servants.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who made this known in an interview, said the labour union would also push for N200,000 minimum wage in its negotiation with the government.
He said the move was also in line with President Bola Tinubu in his New Year address that his administration will implement a “national living wage” this year.
Ajaero, who highlighted the indices that will be looked at before arriving at an acceptable figure for minimum wage, said that a committee on the review would be set up soon.
“The committee has not been set up but we have submitted all the names of the labour team. We thought that the government would have, on the first week of December 2023 or the last week of November, constituted the committee but, as of today (last Thursday), the committee has not been constituted. That is the situation but we have submitted the names, of those who are supposed to represent labour in the committee.”
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