President Bola Tinubu is reportedly unhappy over the delay in constituting the new Minimum wage committee.
The N30,000 currently in use will expire by March. with a new living wage expected to be in place first week of April.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero had recently told newsmen that the union has already constituted its committee to interface with the federal government team, but the government is yet to constitute its team for the minimum wage review.
The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, is expected to set up the committee.
According to a presidency source, President Tinubu was miffed during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting that the committee to review the minimum wage was not yet constituted
According to the source:
“The President was fuming that up till now the new Minimum Wage Committee is not constituted. But I am sure within one week the committee will be in place.”
The source while speaking on the possibility that the committee will meet up with the April take off date of a new Minimum wage, said within one week the committee will be empanelled.
“The government will meet up with the April date. Government is making every effort that there is a cordial relationship between the government and labour.”
The source who spoke to Vanguard said that there will be a new synergy with the labour and all the relevant stakeholders to make sure that all the parties are on the same page.
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