The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Shehu Gabam has proposed N100,000 as a new minimum wage and called for the adjustment of fuel subsidy.
Gabam, who was a guest on a Television programme on Sunday says the government should do something above N100,000 for the Nigerian workers.
“That’s what I think. It’s something that you can say is reasonably okay. It makes a little bit of sense. People can breathe, and people can go to work without thinking of sabotaging the institutions,” he said.
“They have to consider reviewing this subsidy. I’ve mentioned this severally, you can get it right with the rate of subsidy the way it is,” the SDP leader said.
The government and labour unions have been locked in negotiations over a new minimum wage for months.
Several meetings of the committee on a new minimum wage have yielded little results. An industrial action by the labour unions comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) forced the government to return to the negotiation table.
Labour leaders have rejected the recent offer of N62,000, up from N60,000, and insisted on N250,000, shifting grounds from its earlier proposal of N494,000.