NEW MINIMUM WAGE: WE’RE YET TO MAKE ANY AGREEMENT WITH LABOUR – FG
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Joseph Omoniyi
The Federal Government has come out to debunk reports round the media that it had approved a new national minimum wage.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige who made this known while speaking with newsmen after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said, the government was still consulting and negotiation was still ongoing.
The minister said there was no truth in the claim that those concerned have agreed to increase the minimum wage to N30,000.
He explained that while the organised labour agreed on N30,000, the organised private sector came down to N25,000, the Federal Government proposed N24,000 while state governors proposed N20,000.
He said in accordance with Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation, the most important thing to consider in fixing the new minimum wage is the ability to pay.
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