The government is keen to reach an agreement with the unions on a minimum wage, government sources told the Nigerian newspaper Vanguard. But they are blocked by the regional decision-makers who are also involved in the negotiations on the wages - and could be the ones obliged to pay.
- They cannot continue to be cowards. We know the challenges, but we have to face them in one way or another, says the source, who, however, agrees that the trade unions' demands are set too high.
Earlier today, Nigeria's two largest unions announced an "indefinite strike" in protest against what they say are too low minimum wages.
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Nigerian unions call indefinite strike
Nigeria's two largest unions have called an indefinite joint strike, Reuters reports.
The unions demand increased minimum wages from the government and will otherwise stop all work. On Tuesday, the government put forward a new proposal, which was rejected by the unions as too low.
- Nigerian workers are forced because of these failures to start a national action for the indefinite future, says the union TUC president Festus Osifo according to local media.
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