GOVERNMENT SET TO IMPLEMENT MINIMUM WAGE
The Federal
Government has assured that
it
would soon come out with a definite figure that will be payable by both the
governments and the private sector. But the government said the figure may not
be above N25,000, explaining that the benchmark was being considered in order
not to cause unemployment as pegging minimum wage beyond the figure may result
in many workers in the private sector losing their jobs.
Minister of
Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who dropped the hint at a news
conference in Abuja, yesterday, also flayed the labour union for its latest
ultimatum to the Federal Government. He also noted that the National Minimum
Wage Committee set up by the Federal Government was still working within its
timelines. The minister said the latest ultimatum handed the government by the
leadership of the NLC was a blackmail. Ngige said he and chairman of the
committee on the new minimum wage and former Head of Service of the Federation,
Ms Amma Pepple, will brief President Muhammadu Buhari today on the progress so
far made by the committee.
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