The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected President Bola Tinubu-led federal government pay rise of between 25 and 35 per cent for civil servants across various consolidated salary structures.

The NLC Assistant General Secretary, Chris Onyeka, said the announcement was “a waste of time.”

As reported by Daily Trust, Onyeka, said the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission (NSIWC) does not have powers to fix the national minimum wage.

“What they pretend to have done is a waste of time. It does not amount to anything for us and those in the federal civil service.”

The Head of Press of NSIWC, Emmanuel Njoku, told Daily Trust that the increment was different from the multi-stakeholders committee headed by the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Senator George Akume.

He disclosed that the government would pay the arrears of the backlogs from January 2024.