The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 tackled the Trade Union Congress, (TUC), over its stance on the recently approved N70,000 monthly transport allowance for public workers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
Tinubu’s government had approved a N70,000 monthly transport allowance for public workers amid a fuel price hike and calls for a review of the minimum wage.
Ajaero, who stated this during an interview with Channels Television, said the TUC had never negotiated for an intervention amid the rising cost of living in the country.
While explaining that when the NLC was asking the government for an intervention, the TUC looked the other way, just as he also added that the TUC cannot challenge the intervention for workers when it is obvious that the NLC had been working alone all along.
“You don’t kick against something you did not ask for or negotiate for. And you have asked for anything all these years, suddenly something was given to NLC and you now say you are kicking against it. TUC never asked for intervention as a result of rising cost of living.
“Why is TUC challenging what was gotten for the workers when we stated clearly that NLC was acting alone?”
Thegazellenews.com recalled that the TUC had rejected the N70,000 transport allowance for workers, demanding N300,000 instead.
