The organised labour has commended the Nigerian government before the global community on the new national minimum wage, but express pain that inflation, floating of the Naira and ineffective CNG policy has eroded the expected gains of the new wage regime.
The Organised labour who spoke at the international labour conference in Geneva Switzerland also challenged the Nigerian government on implementing resolutions reached at the conference.
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the trade union congress, TUC, form the workers group delegation to the international labour conference in Geneva Switzerland.
The organised labour has told the 113th session of conference that Nigeria remains one of the countries that has consistently reviewed upwards, its national minimum wage,.
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The workers further notified the international community that some economic policies of the current administration have eroded the gains of the new wage regime.
Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Mohammed Dingyadi, in an interview on the sideline of the conference, insists that the gains of the N70,000 minimum wage are unquantifiable
President Muhammad Buhari signed a new national minimum wage into law in June 2024 , with a three year review period.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)