Nigeria may experience a nationwide, indefinite strike from November 6 if the government does not meet the demand of organized labor.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, and that of the United Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, gave this warning in a press statement on Sunday.
The labor unions are angry at the government’s stance on new minimum wage for workers.
The federal government insists it will only increase the minimum wage from the current N18,000 to N24,000, claiming no amount was agreed with the labor leaders at a meeting of a tripartite committee also involving the private sector.
However the labor unions, who initially demanded N50,000 minimum wage, however, say they agreed to N30,000 during the negotiation.
The organized labor had earlier embarked on a nationwide strike on September 26 to compel the tripartite committee to complete its assignment on the new minimum wage.
The strike was suspended after the committee reconvened. But it is the deliberations of the committee that is now in dispute.
