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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Three unions in Nigeria say they may resume their nationwide strike if the government fails to agree to the proposed increase in minimum wage, publicly. The unions also want the government to start to work on turning the increase “into law.”
The unions, which include Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and United Labor Congress (ULC), suspended a national strike on its fourth day during September, saying the government had agreed to hold talks to discuss raising the minimum wage.
All three have agreed to resume the strike in November if the government does not meet certain demands. The unions had called for a rise in the monthly minimum wage to as much as 50,000 naira ($164) from 18,000 naira. The three unions in a joint statement said they had agreed to a compromise of a 30,000 naira minimum wage.
“If nothing is responsibly done by the federal government to meet our demands, … on the 6th day of November, we shall embark on a nationwide strike to compel this government to show more sensitivity to the plight of Nigerians,” they said in the statement.
“We cannot continue discussing a figure that has already been agreed procedurally within the committee,” the unions said about the possibility of further talks.
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