TUC Urges Federal Government to Increase Workers' Salaries

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), represented by President Festus Osifo, has called on the Federal Government to enhance the salaries of its workers without the necessity of a new national minimum wage review. During a press briefing in Abuja following a meeting of the National Administrative Council, Osifo stated that the government possesses the capability to independently raise the earnings of federal workers, including the lowest-paid employees.

He emphasized that the national minimum wage should be viewed as the minimum legal salary rather than the maximum. Osifo suggested that the government could decide to increase the salary of the least-paid federal worker to ₦200,000 or even ₦400,000, and adjust other salaries accordingly.

He clarified that such an increase would not constitute a new minimum wage, as the purpose of the statutory wage is to establish a baseline for worker compensation.