New figures from the national minimum wage tripartite committee have emerged as the Federal government and organised private sector made a new offer of N62,000, while organised labour came down to N250,000 from its previous figure of N497,000. Hope Uzodinma, the Imo Governor who spoke on behalf of the Nigerian governors announced this after a long negotiation meeting of the committee in Abuja Saturday evening. Addressing newsmen, Uzodinma said: “We are almost there because are just about to sign the dot and there will be a complete closure.
Every other thing will follow. “The committee has worked so hard and the committee has reached an agreement. The tripartite committee is made up of three parties – the government, the Organised Private Sector, and organised labour.
“In the wisdom of the committee, it has put together a recommendation that will be forwarded to Mr President for further action “The organised private sector and the Federal Government have agreed on N62,000 while the organised labour is asking for N250,000. “At the end of the day what is important is that we are talking. There is no hostility anymore.
And the national anxiety is going to be relaxed as soon as this is made public. That is the beauty of the conversation and I am very happy we have been able to manage this temptation that has befallen our nation so that government can face their business and Nigerians will also go about their businesses without any further embarrassment. On his part, T.