The organised labour has insisted that they are not going back on the N907,000 minimum wage demand, News About Nigeria reports.
Speaking for the workers, the Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU, charged the federal government on Thursday to meet their demands as workers deserve what they are asking for.
The Federal Council Chairman, Comrade Adoga Gupada Aruwa, who said this at the 58th Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja chapter also slammed the President Bola Tinubu-led government, noting that they lack ideas to tackle the economic challenges bedevilling the nation.
He stated that aside from the current economic challenges, the nation is still battling with insecurity, which is gradually becoming normal in every locality in the federation.
Adoga also alleged that Nigeria is at the mercy of foreign agencies like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) whose policies are said to be anti-people.
He said, “I must inform you that our dear country is faced with a lot of challenges. The most vital of these challenges is economic challenge. You will agree with me that our government has no concrete idea on how to solve these challenges. For the National minimum wage, we’re no longer having the wage that can take us home. So, the NLC, TUC, and all the affiliates, we are on the same page in the struggle that government should increase our national minimum wage, so that we can meet up with the current challenges we’re facing as a result of high cost of living.
“We seem to be at the mercy of international agencies who are trying to direct our economic affairs such as the IMF. This of course, may bring about job losses. Comrades, I don’t want us to be repeating ourselves in the area of insecurity because it appears that our government does not have any solution in sight. The consequence of this is that banditry will continue to thrive.”
