Nigeria, May 1 -- In commemorating this year's Workers' Day, the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has faulted the Federal Government's pay raise announcement, tagging it as mischievous moves.

On Tuesday, the federal government approved a pay rise of between 25 and 35 per cent for civil servants across various consolidated salary structures.

Ajaero, while speaking on Wednesday during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, Ajaero said the last minimum wage of N30,000 expired on April 18.

"We should be in the regime of new minimum wage as of today. Discussions were supposed to have been concluded," Ajaero said.

"The federal government, through the national assembly, legislated on it. But we saw t...