President Tinubu has disclosed that following negotiations with organised labour on a new minimum wage, an executive bill would be sent to the National Assembly.
The nation’s leader shared that his administration opted for cooperation rather than conflict amid organised labour’s call for industrial action over the minimum wage demands.
Tinubu, while delivering his Democracy Day speech on Wednesday, stated that the bill would soon be sent to the National Assembly to effect what has been agreed upon.
Speaking further, he said the federal government did not oppress or crack down on workers as a dictatorial government would have done.
Read the President’s full address: Democracy Day: President Tinubu’s Address to Nigerians
According to him, no one was arrested or threatened rather, labour leaders were invited “to break bread and negotiate toward a good-faith resolution”.
“As we continue to reform the economy, I shall always listen to the people and will never turn my back on you.
“In this spirit, we have negotiated in good faith and with open arms with organized labour on a new national minimum wage. We shall soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine what has been agreed upon as part of our law for the next five years or less.
“In the face of labour’s call for a national strike, we did not seek to oppress or crack down on the workers as a dictatorial government would have done. We chose the path of cooperation over conflict.
“No one was arrested or threatened. Instead, the labour leadership was invited to break bread and negotiate toward a good-faith resolution.
“Reasoned discussion and principled compromise are hallmarks of democracy. These themes shall continue to animate my policies and interaction with the constituent parts of our political economy”, Tinubu stated.