President Muhammadu Buhari on
Tuesday endorsed N30,000 as the new national minimum wage.
He gave his approval while
receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National
Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The report was submitted by the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple.
The amount was adopted at a
meeting between top government officials and labour leaders on Monday.
The organised labour had
threatened to commence nationwide strike on Tuesday if the government did not
agree on N30,000.
The federal government had
initially proposed N24,000, while state government offered to pay N22,500 to
workers but labour rejected the proposals, insisting on N30,000.
Ayuba Wabba, president of the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), had told reporters on Monday that the decision
to suspend the industrial action was taken after agreements were reached.
“Having reached this position and
agreements signed, the proposed strike action is hereby suspended,” he said.
Wabba had refused to disclose the
amount arrived at, saying it would be made public after the committee had
submitted its report to Buhari
He thanked stakeholders for their
understanding while particularly, appreciating the role of the private sector.
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