President Bola Tinubu has directed Wale Edun, minister of finance, to present the cost implications for a new minimum wage.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, said the president had a meeting with the representatives of the federal government in the negotiation with the labour on the minimum wage.
Idris said the president directed Edun to do the numbers and present the new minimum wage figures within two days, adding that the presentation would form the basis of negotiation.The minister said Tinubu is committed to accepting the resolutions of the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage. “We were all there to look at all issues, and the president has directed the minister of finance to do the numbers and get back to him between today and tomorrow so that we can have figures ready for negotiation with labour,” the minister said.“Let me say that the president is determined to go with what the committee has said, and he’s also looking at the welfare of Nigerians.
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