The Federal Government has offered organised labour 62,000 naira as the new national minimum wage for workers in the country.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, disclosed this to journalists at the end of a meeting held by the Tripartite Committee negotiation on Friday in Abuja.
Uzodimma, who is also the Chairman of the Progressives Governor’s Forum, noted on behalf of his counterparts that there was progress in the negotiation of the new minimum wage.
He said the committee has put together a recommendation that will be forwarded to President Bola Tinubu for further action, noting that the organised private sector and the Federal Government have agreed on 62,000 naira, while organised labour is asking for 250,000 naira.
Also speaking at the end of the meeting, the President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, confirmed that organised private sector and the Federal Government have recommended 62,000 naira as the minimum wage.
He, however, said the labour unions felt that with the current economic hardship and the difficulty in Nigeria, the sum of 250,000 naira should be approved as the minimum wage.
Osifo said labour leaders will keep pushing to ensure that they have a wage that stands the test of time in Nigeria.
For his part, the Chairman of the Committee, Goni Aji, said the recommendation that they had was because of a deep dialogue and consensus reached at the Tripartite level, adding that their mandate is to recommend, as the committee has no powers to approve but to recommend.
