FG jacks up provisional wage increment to N35,000 to avert strike
NLC disapprove #25,000 increament and President Bola Tinubu has approved £35,000 as the provisional wage increment for all treasury-paid workers for the period of six months.
Following the meeting with Labour, President Bola Tinubu has agreed to increase the provisional wage award for all treasury-paid Federal Government workers to N35,000 for 6 months,” a statement from the presidency on Sunday night reads.
The approval followed the outcome of the meeting between the representatives of the federal government and leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to avert the planned indefinite nationwide strike by the unions.
The unions have directed their members across the country to mobilise for a shutdown of the nation on October 3 as a protest against the removal of the petrol subsidy and the economic hardship in the country.
However, Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff (CoS) to Tinubu, who chaired the meeting, announced that the president has approved the N25,000 provisional wage increment for all categories of federal workers.
Tinubu in his Independence Day speech on Sunday morning said that the N25,000 would be for low-grade workers for the period of six months.
But before the resolutions were reached, the labour had rejected the N25,000 provisional wage increment.
The Federal Government will commence payment of N75,000 to 15 million households at N25,000 per month, for a three-month period from October-December 2023,” the statement reads.
A sub-committee is to be constituted to work out the details of implementation of all items for consideration regarding government interventions to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.
