The presidency has lashed out at the leadership of the organised labour imputing the stalemate in both’s negotiations over the new minimum wage to alleged workers’ hierarchy’s unreasonableness.
The federal government and the workers’ leadership, according to report, are at variance over what should be the minimum.
While the government is proposing between N60,000 and N70,000, organised labour are demanding N615,000 citing the economic realities.
In an interview with Punchng, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the workers are not realistic, saying the government is incapable of meeting their demand.
“It is an open affair. The NLC President, Ajaero, told the public today they were asking for N615,000 per month as minimum wage. So, where will the money come from? Do we have that kind of money to pay? The government cannot afford any minimum wage that it cannot pay.
“So, the President is hoping that maybe at their next meeting, everybody will come to some reasonable agreement that would reflect what the government and the private sector can pay,” the publication quoted Onanuga as saying.
