- The NLC says the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage has concluded its meetings and a report of N30,000 was agreed upon as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers
- Peter Eson-Ozo, the NLC general secretary states that there was no controversy over the agreed amount as N30,000 was the agreement reached during the negotiations by members of the committee
- The tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage concluded its negotiation process on November 5, and submitted the report to the president on November 6
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to expedite action on the proposed new national minimum wage by transmitting it to the National Assembly in good time.
Peter Eson-Ozo, NLC general secretary said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, November 12, in Abuja.
Eson-Ozo said the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage had concluded its meetings and a report of N30,000 was agreed upon as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.
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“The report has been submitted to the president and what we expect now from the president is to do justice to that report, by quickly raising an executive bill on the new National Minimum Wage.
“And when that bill gets to the National Assembly, we want to assure Nigerian workers that we will be ready to engage them constructively,’’ he said.
The NLC general secretary said that there was no controversy over the agreed amount, as N30, 000 was the agreement reached during the negotiations by members of the committee.
“We all signed up on the N30, 000, so why should there be any controversy,’’ he said.
The tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage concluded its negotiation process on November 5, and submitted the report to the president on November 6.
Before then, the federal government had offered to pay N24,000, while the organised labour had agreed with the organised private sector (OPS) to stand on N30,000 as the new national minimum wage.
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President Buhari while receiving the committee report said “In a way, both arguments are valid. I want to assure you all that we will immediately put in place the necessary machinery that will close out these open areas.
Our plan is to transmit the Executive Bill to the National Assembly for passage within the shortest possible time. I am fully committed to having a new National Minimum Wage Act in the very near future,’’ he said.
Meanwhile, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has insisted that the sum of N30,000 is not enough to satisfy the needs of a Nigerian worker.
Umahi made the statement when condemning a reported claim by the minister of labour, Chris Ngige, that the sum of N30,000 was enough for a family of four, the Tribune reports.
The governor who asked the minister to disclose how much he spends on recharging his phone, called on the federal government to review the revenue sharing formula in such a way that workers and other arms of government could benefit.
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