FCT, Abuja – The tripartite committee’s meeting on the new minimum wage has been postponed indefinitely after its last meeting on Tuesday, May 29.
At their last meeting on Tuesday, the federal government raised its proposal for the minimum wage in Abuja from N57,000 to N60,000.
For their part, organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the TUC, also dropped from N497,000 to N494,000 during the last meeting of the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage, The Punch reported.
One of the union leaders, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed that the meeting ended in a stalemate and had been postponed indefinitely.
The source said:
A member of the union who spoke on the side before the meeting commenced said organised labour would only lower its demands if the government raises its proposal.
He added that the only solution was for the government to propose something reasonable so that they could also lower their demands.
Reacting to the development, Titilop Anifowoshe, a legal practitioner who spoke with TimesNow.com.ng, suggested that N75,000 should be appropriate enough to pay the workers.
She said:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that PDP chieftain Rilwan Olanrewaju has condemned the proposed N54,000 new minimum wage by President Bola Tinubu-led federal government.
The PDP chieftain lamented that the federal government had removed every benefit in terms of subsidies Nigerians enjoy and proposed meagre amounts for the new minimum wage.
According to Olanrewaju, the government is proposing chicken feed to workers in countries that have copied its policies.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
