Why NLC May Reject Sanwo-Olu’s ₦85,000 Minimum Wage

Sanwo-Olu said,“I’m glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos which we’ve discussed with our union is ₦85,000 today.

It’s not a competition, so I’m not going to say that we’re paying more than some other people, it’s a function of affordability and a function of capacity.

Insisting on why the NLC would may reject the current minimum wage offer, Agnes said,“We want to tell the government that if tomorrow there is any state that declares more than ₦85,000, we will reject it in totality.” (This is) not because I want to make anybody look bad, it’s really because I want my people to have a living wage.” Reacting in an interview on Wednesday, the state chairperson of the NLC, Agnes, told The Punch that the union welcomed the idea but gave conditions for rejecting it.

She said,“Since he is not paying anything below the minimum, we don’t have a choice but to accept, because they also said they have other competing interests like they have their facilities being overstretched because of the population..

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