The Concerned Nigerian Patriots (CNP) has said organised labour’s recent demands for a N250,000 minimum wage posed a significant risk of plunging Nigeria into another recession, exacerbating the economic challenges that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been diligently working to overcome.

According to the group, advocating a wage increase that is not financially viable has a risk of inciting chaos and anarchy, which could undermine Nigeria’s hard-earned democracy.

The CNP chairman, Alfa Mohammed, who stated this at a press conference in Abuja, alleged that the labour plan included a total shutdown of essential infrastructure under the guise of fighting for a living wage, potentially crippling the nation’s economy and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable citizens.

Mohammed said labour unions’ insistence on a minimum wage initially set at N605,000, then N494,000, and now N250,000, is part of a broader strategy to force the government into adopting an economically unfeasible policy.

He said such a wage hike would likely lead to severe inflation, increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and greater economic hardship.

“We urge all Nigerians, especially our diligent workforce, to see through this veil of mischief. When a government is sabotaged, the masses suffer the consequences. It is the responsibility of every citizen to support and pray for the success of our government, not to undermine it.