The governor said the committee would arrive at a figure as minimum wage for workers by 11am on Friday.
Uzodimma, who is the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum of the ruling All Progressives Congress , stated this after the committee’s five-hour meeting on Thursday.
Addressing the press after the meeting, Uzodimma said the committee would arrive at a figure when the committee reconvenes by 11am on Friday. On the rumours making the rounds that a figure of N105,000 has been agreed, the governor said no such decision has been reached but assured workers in the country that the figure agreed on the new minimum wage would be made known after Friday’s meeting.
On the side of Organised Labour, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress , Joe Ajaero; and his counterpart in the Trade Union Congress , Festus Osifo; were in attendance.
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