Servants has demanded a minimum wage of N46,000 for workers.
The union's Secretary-General, Mr. Bashir Lawal, in Lagos State, on
Wednesday, said that the existing N18, 000 minimum wage cannot meet
the socio-economic demands of workers.
According to him, a minimum wage of N46,000 demand was arrived at
after the union met with the National Public Service Joint Negotiating
Council.
He said, "In the past one year, we presented a proposal for salary
review to the Federal Government but the government said that the
price of crude had fallen.
"We argued that if the price of crude is 30 dollars per barrel and the
resources of the country are well managed, money will be enough to pay
workers decent salaries.
"From the memo we submitted to the NPSJNC, we computed what it will
take for an average worker to survive and we arrive at N66,000.
"So, we took 75 per cent of that and we arrived at N46,000 minimum wage.
Assuring that the new minimum wage demand will not cause crisis in the
economic sector, Lawal said, "If the government believes that the
amount will create crisis, we will tell them what to do to ensure that
everybody will be carried along."
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