President Bola Tinubu has directed the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun to analyse the numbers and propose a new national minimum wage figure to present to labour unions by Wednesday.
This comes after a meeting at the Presidential Villa with the government’s negotiating team.
The delegation, led by Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, included Edun, Budget Minister Atiku Bagudu, Deputy Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejocha, and Information and National Orientation Minister Mohammed Idris.
Also present at the meeting,were the Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited Mele Kyari, and Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila.
The meeting follows the government’s promise on Monday night to increase the national minimum wage above 60,000 Naira, as well as the suspension of the industrial action by organised labour.
The strike grounded economic activities across the country and plunged the nation into darkness.
Adesuwa Omoruan
Follow us on:
Donald Trump has selected businessman Tilman Fertitta, owner of the Houston Rockets, to serve as…
A plane crash in Gramado, Brazil, killed ten family members, including businessman Luiz Claudio Galeazzi,…
A suspect has been apprehended in Brooklyn subway after woman was set ablaze and died…
A Brazilian bridge collapse has killed one person and spilled sulfuric acid into the Tocantins…
Governor Soludo has expressed grief over Okija stampede, urges safety-first approach for future food distribution…
Slovak PM Robert Fico made a surprise visit to Moscow for gas talks with Putin,…