The Organised Labour has given the Federal Government till May ending to finalise the process of implementing the new national minimum wage for workers.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,  Comrade Joe Ajaero, spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the 2024 edition of the International Workers Day.
This year’s celebration focuses on "Ensuring Safety and Health at Work in a Changing Climate."
Ajaero,  warned that if the negotiation is not concluded by the end of May, there may not be industrial peace in Nigeria, pointing out that the process of fixing a new national minimum wage was still ongoing and had witnessed robust engagements.
His words, "All parties in the tripartite process are well represented and the engagement has been robust.
“We have placed our demand of N615, 000 only before our social partners while we await their offer.
“If, however, the negotiation of the minimum wage is not concluded by the end of May, the trade union movement in Nigeria will no longer guarantee industrial peace in the country.” 
Ajaero further further said labour had placed a demand that the new Act would have a two-year life span with an agreement for automatic adjustments in wages any time inflation exceeded 7.5 per cent, just as it demanded further that every employer with up to five workers should pay the new minimum wage.
Ajaero, also, called for the strengthening of monitoring and compliance mechanisms in order to penalise non-complying state governments, adding that Nigerian workers deserved to have a national minimum wage that approximated a living wage.