Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at an ongoing Press conference in Labour House, Abuja.
Ajaero said the strike would begin by midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
Labour had, during the May Day celebration, issued the Federal Government an ultimatum to ensure that negotiation on new national minimum wage was concluded by May 31.
The President of TUC, Festus Osifo, told newsmen that the strike had become necessary as the government declined to increase the N60,000 wage it offered on Friday during the meeting of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage.
Osifo also said that the strike was imperative due to the refusal of government to reverse the hike in electricity tariff.
“We are hereby declaring the commencement of a nationwide industrial action, effective from Sunday midnight June 2 , 2024,and this strike shall be indefinite,” he said.
“We are united on this and we believe that this is the way forward,” he said.
