Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has said organized labour embarked on strike because of Peter Obi’s last defeat in the general election.
Onanuga said there was no reason for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to have embarked on the strike of Monday, June 3, if not as a continuous way to vent their anger that the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, lost the last presidential election.
Bayo said the action of the organized labour was unreasonable. “Labour leaders need to be reasonable”, adding “unless they are using the strike as a continuous ventilation of the frustration they had when their party lost the 2023 presidential election.”
Organized Labour on Tuesday, June 4, announced the suspension of the indefinite strike it commenced on Monday. This followed a meeting held by the Secretary to the government of the Federation, George Akume with NLC and TUC leaders, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo respectively.
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According to a statement signed by federal government representatives and labour leader, President Tinubu, assured that he was committed to paying a minimum wage greater than N60,000.
Recall that federal government’s representatives at Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage had insisted on Friday, May 31, that government can only pay N60,000 as minimum wage. Organized labour insisted on their demand for a minimum wage above N400,000.
