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Labour Says It Expects Negotiation On Wage To End By July ...
Wants Governors To Brace Up For Uniform Implementation ABUJA – There are indications that controversies surrounding a new national minimum wage for workers in the country may linger for a while as President Bola Tinubu has asked for more time to consult widely. Although the president has received a detailed report of the tripartite committee set up by the Federal Government to fashion out a new wage benchmark for workers, Tinubu said he believes more consultation would be needed, especially to get the buy in of state governors who would also be obligated to pay a uniform amount that would be arrived at in the long run. Amid speculations that Tinubu may announce a new minimum wage on Tuesday, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, seized the opportunity of a briefing session with State House correspondents to reveal what transpired at the meeting.
Tinubu was reported to have stepped down the memo when it came up for deliberations at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Tuesday, pleading that all the tiers of government must be on the same page regarding a uniform wage benchmark. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) including the organised private sector and the Federal Government representatives have had disagreements over the idea of minimum wage. While labour insists it will make do with N250,000 considering the prevailing economi.