Labour insists on ₦500,000 minimum wage despite FG’s ₦70,000 transport allowance

Organised labour has reaffirmed its demand for a ₦500,000 national minimum wage despite the Federal Government’s approval of a ₦70,000 monthly transport allowance for workers.

According to Daily Post, Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council Secretary Gbenga Olowoyo disclosed this during an ARISE News interview on Tuesday.

Olowoyo welcomed the six-month transport intervention, scheduled to begin in November 2026, describing it as temporary relief amid rising living costs.

“The template of N500,000 is still subsisting. And at the same time, if government is able to dance around N500,000, we would be alright to support the President. So I want to believe that, like I told you, we are not going to be rigid, but at the same time, we’ll be reasonable,” he said.

He expressed confidence that the government would honour the agreement.

Labour also expects a tripartite committee to negotiate a new minimum wage before the transport intervention expires in April 2027.