“The current minimum wage is of no value any more. The palliative measure has not solved the equation,” said NLC
The fresh demand came after the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, asked President Bola Tinubu-led government to brace up for N1 million.
“The monthly salary of workers no longer takes them home, not to talk about taking care of their families.’’
Ms Sessi said Mr Lalong should use his experience as a former governor of Plateau State to also deal with labour issues.
President Bola Tinubu plans to cater for the welfare of the vulnerable and poor households under the National Safety Net Programme of the federal government.
The state chairman, Funmi Sessi, in an interview on Sunday in Lagos, described Mr Sanwo-Olu as a father figure to the workers.
Workers in all sectors, including health, electricity and aviation, were asked to shut down operations, and nurses told to attend to emergency cases only.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions, ‘We don’t want palliatives’, ‘we want good roads’, ‘Dapo Abiodun save our souls from bad roads’, and ‘We
