The tripartite committee set up by the federal government to
review the minimum wage for workers has submitted its report to George Akume,
secretary to the government of the federation (SGF).
A statement issued on Monday by Segun Imohiosen, director of
information and public relations in the office of the SGF, said a formal
presentation of the report will be made to President Bola Tinubu soon.
Imohiosen said a formal presentation of the report will also
be made to representatives of organised labour and the private sector, who are
currently at the ongoing International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in
Geneva, Switzerland.
The SGF commended Bukar Goni Aji, chairman of the committee,
for his commitment to the assignment.
In January, the federal government inaugurated a 37-member
tripartite committee on the national minimum wage.
The committee was tasked with the responsibility of
recommending a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers.
Over the past few months, the federal and state governments,
organised labour and representatives of the private sector have been
deliberating on a new minimum wage for workers.
However, the demand by organised labour regarding the
minimum wage is yet to be met.
On June 3, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union
Congress (TUC) embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike to protest against
the federal government’s inability to meet their minimum wage demand.
Twenty-four hours later, the labour unions “relaxed” the
strike by one week.
The unions had repeatedly proposed N615,500 and N494,000 as
the new minimum wage, which the federal government said was unrealistic.
On June 7, the federal government increased its offer for
the new minimum wage from N60,000 to N62,000, while the labour unions insisted
on N250,000.
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