N70,000 transport allowance: ‘We still want N500,000 minimum wage’ – Labour insists

The National Secretary of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, Comrade Gbenga Olowoyo has reaffirmed organised labour’s demand for a N500,000 minimum wage, saying the amount reflects the financial burden on Nigerian workers amid the rising cost of living.Olowoyo said labour remained committed to the proposed wage but was open to reasonable negotiations with the Federal Government to reach an agreement that would improve workers’ welfare.