Minimum Wage: Lagos Gov’ship Candidate, Balogun Offers Counsel Amid Twists and Turns of Negotiations [Video]

• Tope AbdurRazaq Balogun, the Lagos state governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), has said the deadlock over the new national minimum wage by the federal government and the labour union teams is expected
• In an interview with Legit.ng, Balogun noted that both parties are coming from a standpoint of “unrealistic proposals”
• The entrepreneur stated that the amount presented by the government’s representatives is “extremely meagre” while the organised labour’s request is astonishing

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering public journalism and labour matters in Nigeria.

Epe, Lagos state – Tope Balogun, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in the 2023 election in Lagos state, has warned that there are some factors to be understood on why the parties involved in the minimum wage negotiation have to be careful.

Speaking in an interview with Legit.ng, Balogun stated that this is because whatever is agreed …