In a bold move, NLC President Joe Ajaero revealed that the Organised Labour turned down President Bola Tinubu’s offer of a ₦250,000 minimum wage in exchange for a hike in petrol prices.
Ajaero stated, “Accepting ₦70,000 was the best way to save Nigerians from further hardship.
At last week’s meeting, the President brought a proposal that ‘I will give you guys ₦250,000’ if you allow me to equally increase the pump price of petroleum products’ and we said, ‘No, we need to go and consult’.
Today, we went there to tell him, ‘No’.
The labour movement can make sacrifices without allowing Nigerians to suffer further on the increase in the pump price of petroleum products.”
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