Ajaero and Osifo clash over Tinubu’s N70,000 transport allowance for workers

Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), accused Trade Union Congress (TUC) president Festus Osifo of being an absentee leader who lives in the United States and travels to Nigeria for meetings. Their dispute concerns the N70,000 transport allowance approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Ajaero said the TUC was not part of the negotiations that led to the allowance’s approval, while Osifo responded that the NLC president could not negotiate on behalf of the TUC.