Minimum wage may be increased soon - FG
The Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, has disclosed that the
Federal Government and the Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the Nigerian Labour
Congress, NLC, has agreed to set up a 16 man committee that will work out the
new minimum wage for workers.
Speaking after a meeting
between Labour and the Federal Government yesterday in Abuja, the SGF said the
committee will also work on palliatives that will soften the effects of the
recent hike in the pump price of fuel.
“This Wednesday evening,
I’m proud to announce that, first of all, a 16-man committee has been set up as
a technical committee. It’s half from the labour side and half from the
government side to discuss issues concerning the minimum wage.
“The minimum wage
involves almost every segment of the society, so it’s not just the Federal
Government and workers alone, but all stakeholders, the local governments, the
private sector. So, this technical committee will discuss the modalities on how
this issue would be brought forward.
“Secondly, we have agreed
that the 16-man committee will look at the issues of implementation and
allocation of resources of that palliative, the half a trillion naira
palliative. The committee is supposed to work and bring its report to the
committee of the whole within two weeks of its inauguration,” Lawal said.
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