The federal government has stated that organized labour’s demand for N494,000 as a minimum wage is “unsustainable.”
According to the Minister of Information Mohammed Idris, the proposed minimum wage will cost N9.5 trillion per year and cannot be sustained. He also stated that this would boost the present workers’ salaries by 1,547 percent.
In his words,
“The federal government’s new minimum wage proposal amounts to a 100% increase on the existing minimum wage. Labour, however, wanted N494,000, which would increase by 1,547% on the existing wage.
“The sum of N494,000 national minimum wage which labour is seeking would cumulatively amount to the sum N9.5 trillion bill to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“Nigerians need to understand that whereas the federal government is desirous of ample remuneration for Nigerian workers, what is most critical is that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not encourage any action that could lead to massive job loss, especially in the private sector, who may not be able to pay the wage demanded by the organised labour.”
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