Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu
Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with representatives of Nigerian
Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the disagreement between the organised labour and
state governors on the proposed N30,000 minimum wage.
The Amal Pepple Tripartite
Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage, had on Nov. 6, submitted its
report to President Buhari where it recommended N30,000 as the new national
minimum wage.
While receiving the report, the
president expressed his commitment to ensuring the implementation of a new
national minimum wage and pledged to transmit an Executive bill (on National
Minimum Wage) to the National Assembly for its passage within the shortest
possible time.
He expressed delight that the
committee had successfully completed its assignment in a peaceful and
non-controversial manner.
President Buhari said that the
Federal Government would soon transmit an Executive bill (on National Minimum
Wage) to the National Assembly for its passage within the shortest possible
time.
However, the 36 state governors
had since expressed reservations over the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage by
the Amal Pepple committee, saying the state governments were not in a stable
financial position to pay the new minimum wage.
The Chairman of the Governors’
forum and Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, had on Nov. 15, told
newsmen at the end of an emergency meeting of the governors in Abuja that
payment of N30, 000 wage was impracticable.
Representatives of the Governors’
forum, who met with the president over the issue, included Governors of
Zamfara, Lagos, Kaduna and Enugu, while the Minister of Labour and Employment,
Chris Ngige was also in attendance.
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