Nigeria: Labour unions to push for annual increase to N70,000 minimum wage — Africa Links 24

The President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Festus Osifo, has disclosed plans by the organised labour unions to push for an annual increase to the N70,000 minimum wage.

Mr Osifo emphasised the importance of the minimum wage that reflects the rise in inflation every year.

The labour leader, who stated this during an interview on Channels TV, said: “What we are pushing on for Labour is that instead of you [the government] waiting for five years to increase the minimum wage, you…