N615,000 minimum wage demand most realistic — NLC

The nationalist President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said that N615,000 minimum wage request is the astir realistic amount.

Ajaero made this connection connected Thursday during an interrogation connected Channels TV’s Politics Today monitored by DAILY POST.

DAILY POST reports that the national authorities had approved a wage emergence of betwixt 25 and 35 percent for civilian servants crossed assorted consolidated wage structures.

But the NLC rejected the increase, saying it was excessively low.

During the interview, Ajaero said that the labour unions were receiving unit from workers, portion the authorities was calling them names.

“If you are talking astir realistic, the N615,000 request is the astir realistic amount. And being realistic is not astir collecting a salve wage. Never.

“And we person a breakdown of this into 30 items. Accommodation is astir N40,000. I privation you to archer maine wherever you tin get a country and a parlour for N40,000 successful Abuja. Electricity/power we allocated N20,000. The existent tariff volition not past you for much than 1 week.

“Utility and h2o is conscionable N10,000. The cooking state cylinder is filled for N14,000. You person to bargain doubly a period arsenic the lawsuit whitethorn be. Food for six people: 4 children positive hubby and wife. We allocated N9,000 per day. It’s N1,500 per person. If you cipher it, you get N240,000 per month. We look astatine aesculapian and allocated N50,000, assuming you are not connected admittance and nary large ailment.

“Education we allocated N50,000, assuming your children are connected escaped education. Sanitation, N10,000. Transportation, N3,000 for 30 days. If you sum each the items up, you volition person N615,000,” helium said.