Organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja.
He said the strike would commence midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
Earlier on Friday, talks on minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour became deadlocked when the government refused to shift grounds on the N60,000 it proposed during the last meeting.
NLC and TUC had given a May 31, 2024 ultimatum on the new minimum wage.
On Tuesday, negotiations between the Federal Government and the organised labour broke down after the government and organised private sector raised their offers to N60,000.
FG added N3,000 to its initial offer of N57,000 proposed last week, taking the total figure to N60,000.
But this was dismissed by labour during the meeting.
At the meeting, labour again lowered its demand by removing N3,000 from the N497,000 it proposed last week, pegging the new proposal at N494,000.
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