The President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Festus Osifo, has said the much-awaited new minimum wage may not be announced on May 1. Osifo made this statement while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. ”The negotiation by the Tripartite Committee is still ongoing.
If you remember, the TUC earlier submitted N447,000 as the new minimum wage but we have harmonised our figure with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. “It is now N615,000. Regarding the when for the new minimum wage, the committee is still working. “So, certainly, May 1, will not work for the pronouncement of the new minimum wage. Except if the Federal Government wants to pay the minimum wage of N500,000 to workers,” he said.
recalls that the 37-member tripartite committee on minimum wage was set up by the Federal Government to continue further negotiations and consultations on the new minimum wage. The National Minimum Wage Committee is chaired by former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Bukar Aji, with other members drawn from the Federal Government and State Governments, the private sector as well as organised labour.
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