The Commerce Union Congress, TUC, has urged the Federal Authorities to implement all agreements reached with organised labour in 2023, particularly the nationwide minimal wage.
Festus Osifo, TUC President, stated this in a 2024 New 12 months message he collectively signed with Nuhu Toro, Secretary Common of the union, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The message is titled “Our Hope shouldn’t be Renewed But.”
Osifo, who stated that TUC had in 2023 strived to make sure that social dialogue with the Federal Authorities prevailed, accused the federal government of failing to implement primary agreements reached with labour.
He stated labour had insisted that the October 2, 2023, agreements be notarised by the courtroom.
In line with him: “Nonetheless, the federal government has serially violated the agreements. As an example, Merchandise 2 states that: ‘A minimal wage committee shall be inaugurated inside one month from the date of this settlement.’ At present, three months after, no such committee has been arrange and that is our expertise with this authorities on at the very least two earlier agreements reached from June.
“TUC has resolved to demand from the Tinubu administration that in 2024, all agreements between labour and authorities ought to be applied. This consists of the fee of the month-to-month N35,000 wage award to public servants within the native authorities, state and federal companies. This have to be applied till a brand new nationwide minimal wage is applied.”