Report on the new minimum wage review has been submitted to the federal government for possible action.
Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage made the submission on Monday to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation at the conclusion of its assignment.
A formal presentation of the Report will be made to the President for appropriate action when the leadership of the Organised Labour as well as representatives of Government and Organised Private Sector, return from Geneva, Switzerland for the ongoing International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conference.
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President Bola Tinubu had inaugurated a 37-Member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, on Tuesday 30th January, 2024, in accordance with the provisions of the Minimum Wage Act, 2019.
The Committee led by Bukar Goni Aji was tasked with the responsibility of recommending a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers in public and private sectors.
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and the trade union Congress TUC have called for upward review of the minimum wage to meet the current economic hardship
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
