Strike: FG heeds TUC's demands, set up committee to review minimum wage

On the question of subsidy elimination, the FG and the TUC were able to reach an agreement.The Federal Government has expressed support for the list of requests provided to it by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) as preconditions for the withdrawal of fuel subsidies.This was the outcome of a three-hour discussion between Federal Government leaders and TUC members on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at the Aso Rock Villa. Dele Alake, a spokesperson for the Federal government, told State House media following the meeting that the list would be considered for its practicability. He did, however, announce that the government had agreed to an immediate upward revision of the minimum wage, as asked by the trade union agreed to an immediate upward review of the national minimum and a committee to midwife that process will be set up forthwith. The government is also considering tax holidays for workers among other measures that will be targeted at mitigating the severity of the fuel subsidy removal on the Nigerian workers, Alake noted. He added that President Bola Tinubu will constitute a tripartite committee that will comprise states and organised labour as well as the private sector to study the dynamics of the minimum wage increment to reach an amicable conclusion.