In the meantime, President Bola Tinubu is set to unveil wage awards next week to cushion the effects of the removal of the petrol subsidy on workers.
The labour movement, including the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, had been advocating for wage awards to alleviate the impact of the subsidy removal on workers before negotiating a new minimum wage next year.
The President of TUC, Festus Osifo who revealed this during an interview said the TUC had given the federal government a two-week ultimatum to address its demands or face industrial action from workers across the country.
Osifo emphasised that the union had engaged the federal government on the palliatives released to states and would monitor the distribution to ensure appropriate implementation.
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