N494,000 minimum wage: Strike’ll bring poverty – Bala Mohammed to NLC, TUC

Speaking when he visited Alex Otti, governor of Abia; Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo; and members of the Peoples Democratic Party national working committee , the governor urged the organized labour to shelve the planned industrial action. According to Mohammed, Nigeria would experience “severe poverty” if the labour go ahead with the strike.

“Definitely, what the federal government will be negotiating, some of the state governors will not be able to pay. “Even at the moment, with the current minimum wage of N30,000, some states are not able to pay. “And I know labour leaders are really leaders. “They should look at this because the strike may cripple the economy and further cause pain to workers and all of us. “So, we are pleading that we should have a combining point where we can look at our affordability.

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