TUC Reiterates Demand For Salary Increase, Rejects Fresh Wage Award

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has reiterated its demand for a sustainable salary increase for Nigerian workers, insisting that another wage award would not provide a lasting solution to the worsening economic challenges confronting employees.
The congress said the federal government had failed to fully implement the 10-month wage award palliative agreed with organised labour in October 2023, arguing that workers received an average of only three months’ payment out of the agreed period.
The position was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the TUC National Administrative Council (NAC) in Abuja and signed by its secretary-general, Comrade...