THE organised labour in Delta State has explained why it did not kick against the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu, but instead chose to negotiate a new minimum wage for workers.
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Delta State Council, Comrade Goodluck Ofobruku, while hanging out with Journalists in Asaba, said labour had thought that Tinubu’s economic reforms, which included the removal of fuel subsidy, would reflect positively on the life of Nigerians.
Comrade Ofobruku explained that when it became obvious that the expected economic relief was not forthcoming and that the average Nigerian worker was under severe pressure of survival, the issue of a new minimum wage became expedient.
He admitted that the N70,000 minimum wage might not be the desired solution to the harsh living conditions Nigerians, especially the workers, had been forced to contend with, but added that it was better than nothing.
The labour leader, who was at the event with the Chairman, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Delta State chapter, Comrade Martins Bolum, and the Secretary, State Bureau of Pensions, Comrade Lawson Efenudu, thanked Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his labour-friendly policies.
