The Federal Government has reportedly proposed N54,000 as a new minimum wage.
Recall that Organised Labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, walked out on the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage following the proposed N48,000 as minimum wage by the Federal Government. Thereby telling the Federal Government to abort any thought of offering N100,000 as the new minimum wage.
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It also asked the government to be serious with negotiations on the issue of workers’ wages, insisting that it used the lowest minimum in arriving at N615,000 as the new minimum
This follows a walkout by the Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress during the last meeting with the Tripartite Committee over the proposed N48,000 as minimum wage.
It was gathered that at the ongoing meeting with the FG in Abuja, the government has agreed to increase the minimum wage to N54,000.
Organised Labour has also rejected the N54,000 proposed by the Federal government as new minimum wage and insisting that the Federal Government should consider the economic situation of Nigeria.
