July 10, THEWILL President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of Organised Labour will meet on Thursday, to discuss a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. According to Channels Television, the President has invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and Trade Union Congress TUC to the meeting expected to be held at the Presidential Villa. The Thursday meeting is coming about a month after the President said in his Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024, that an Executive Bill on the new national minimum wage for workers would soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage. On June 25, the Federal Executive Council FEC, chaired by the President, halted consideration and deliberation on the memo on the new minimum wage to allow for more engagement with stakeholders. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting, had said this was done to allow the President to consult wider. According to the Minister, the Council took its decision realising that the issue of the national minimum wage is not just for the consideration of the Federal Government but involves other stakeholders like the states and federal government as well as the organised private sector. THEWILL had reported that at the end of the Tripartite Committee meeting on the new national minimum wage, the Federal Government team and the organised private sector offered N62,000 but the organised labour demanded N250,000 living wage. Thursday s meeting is expected to see a consensus on the new national minimum wage. THEWILL is our contribution to the struggle for a better country and future. We will hold those entrusted with power accountable for its daily exercise and advocate for justice and human rights. We will be relentless in our pursuit of the truth with unbiased and investigative journalism. 2024  THEWILL NEWS MEDIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
President Bola Tinubu will meet with Organised Labour to discuss a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The meeting, set to take place at the Presidential Villa, was prompted by the President's plan to send an Executive Bill on the matter to the National Assembly. The Federal Executive Council recently paused discussions on the minimum wage to engage more stakeholders. A previous meeting ended with a disparity between the proposed wage from the government and the demand from organised labour. The upcoming meeting aims to reach a consensus on the new national minimum wage.