Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has proposed a new minimum wage of ₦90,000 for workers in Nigeria.
This proposal comes amid the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and organized labor regarding wage increases.
During Tuesday’s Senate plenary, discussions revolved around the nationwide strike organized by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), both advocating for a substantial raise in the minimum wage, surpassing the current ₦30,000.
“Let the entire Senate see how we can persuade both the Labour and the Federal government to agree between N75, 000 to N90, 000 naira.
“If you go by 90,000 naira, it means in the last five years in which this law (N30,000) was made, it means if you divide 200 percent of N90,000 by 5 it will give you 40 and the food inflation, the purchasing parity and other things you have in the market is also around 32 to 33%, so Labour should be very happy with what we are doing,” he said.
