Minimum wage: FG is studying labour’s demand - Ngige
Dr. Chris Ngige, the
minister of Labour and Productivity, has said the federal government is
carefully studying the call by labour for a review of the national
minimum wage.
According to him, the government plans a tripartite negotiation in order
to give an appropriate response, Leadership reports.
NAIJ.com recalls that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade
Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) had called on the federal government to
increase the minimum wage from N18,000 to N56,000 last month. Their
reason is due to the value of the naira.
However, speaking with executive members of the Organisation of Trade
Unions of West Africa (OTUWA), in Abuja on Monday, May 9, Ngige,
described as legitimate the call by labour for a review of the national
minimum wage.
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