Members of organised labour, led by Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, on Thursday, said they are yet to reach a compromise with the Federal Government on the Minimum Wage.
President of the Trade Union Congress TUC, Festus Osifo, while speaking with the State House Journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu, disclosed that they did not discuss “ naira and Kobo” during their meeting with the President.
He disclosed that the labour team had put the issues of naira devaluation and the economic difficulties faced by the workers on the table before the President
Joe Ajaero, in his remarks, stated that in real terms, the meeting was not a negotiation but a discussion as the status remain on the recommended 250,000 naira by the Labour union and the Federal governments’ 62,000 naira.
Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, who is the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, however, described the meeting as a” father and children discussion”