Organised Labour has stated that it has not yet reached an agreement with the Federal Government regarding its demands following the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo confirmed this during his appearance on Sunrise Daily on Channels Television.
Osifo stated that all demands have been consolidated and presented to the government for further deliberation.
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He expressed confidence that the items would be addressed at the June 19 meeting between the labour and government team.
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The TUC President said:
“We have not reached any agreement with the government. We have presented our demands to them and we expect that by our next meeting, we will harmonise, the government will tell us what they can do and we will also bring our own data to the table during the meeting.
“When we meet we are going to define each of those items and a timeline will be put on them. After the meeting on June 19, the timelines of each items are going to be revealed.”
Some of the demands of labour included reversal to the old pump price of one hundred and ninety-five naira per litre; the increase of minimum wage from thirty thousand naira to two hundred thousand naira; tax holiday for employees in the private and public sector that earn less than two hundred thousand naira; introduction of premium motor spirit allowance for those earning less than two hundred thousand; provision of mass transit for all categories of the populace and provision of subsidy for food items among others.
The TUC President was accompanied by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero during the chat on Tuesday.
