The same way, history of wage reviews fought by workers can be traced to 1945 when workers staged the famous 45 days general strike for a Cost Of Living Allowance (COLA). In 2007, Nigerian workers demanded for a 25% increase in
general wage through the Ernest Shonekan wage consolidation committee and this was arbitrarily cut down to 15% by Obasanjo government in 2009. Nigerian workers have struggled for fifteen times to have wages improved and a national
minimum wage legislated upon. However, the struggles produced notable victories for workers and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and it was usually the case.(http://www.nlcng.orgminimum%20wage.pdf)