Increment: FG should harmonise workers’ salaries – NLC

Funmi Sesi, Chairperson, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos Chapter has called on the federal government to holistically harmonise workers’ salaries. Sesi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos, while reacting to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission’s (RMAFC) plan to increase political office holders’ […]

Funmi Sesi, Chairperson, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos Chapter has called on the federal government to holistically harmonise workers’ salaries.

Sesi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos, while reacting to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission’s (RMAFC) plan to increase political office holders’ salaries.

She said that there should be harmonisation of the salaries of public office holders, public service workers and private sector workers.

The chairperson who expressed concern said that political office holders should not receive higher salaries than other public workers, as both groups contributed to the growth of the economy.

According to her, the current minimum wage in Nigeria is inadequate, with inflation eroding the value of the N70,000 and workers continue to struggle with the low wage.

She urged political office holders to make sacrifices, as workers have been doing, to ensure economic stability.   (NAN)

Sesi called for a fair and balanced, equitable approach to salary increases, considering the economic realities and sacrifices made by workers.  (NAN)