NLC Will Worsen The Situation Of Nigerians With A Strike – Labour Party

The Labour Party in Nigeria has come out to urge the workers’ unions to re-negotiate with the government on a new minimum wage rather than embarking on industrial action.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh recently revealed this to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the strike is definitely not an option because it would cause more hardship and suffering for citizens, so the immediate reaction of his party is an emphatic no to that idea.

Ifoh added that Nigerians are already grappling with a lot of challenges, so there is no need to exacerbate the situation.

His words, “Our immediate reaction is that organised labour should not throw Nigerians into more hardship.

Nigerians are already grappling with a lot of challenges and we do not need to exacerbate the situation. I think the demand for N494,000 minimum wage is unrealistic. It is really unrealistic.

It is a figure that cannot be sustained because it will imply that Nigeria will take all that money it has to pay the civil servants.

Negotiation should continue until they get something better. Asking Nigerian workers to stay at home will affect everything, including the cost of living and Nigerians cannot afford that now.

Negotiation is not a one-off thing. If the Federal Government is not willing to go above N60,000 minimum wage, I think that the Organised Labour should work with what is available while it continues to negotiate.

We know this government has not gotten it right. It is still trying to test the waters.”