Minimum wage: Tinubu in closed-door meeting with organised Labour
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the leadership of the organised Labour behind closed-door at the State House, Abuja.
The organised Labour, including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), arrived at the State House at about 2 pm in a white Hiace bus for the meeting expected to be about the controversial new national minimum wage.
The NLC president, Joe Ajaero, and the TUC President, Festus Osifo, led other members of the two Labour bodies.
The Tripartite Committee on the new national minimum wage had recently submitted two figures to the President.
The organised private sector and the government team had offered to pay N62,000, while the organised labour demanded N250,000.
Besides the representatives of organized Labour, also attending the meeting, on the government’s side are the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Ministers of Health, and coordinating Minister of Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate; Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; Information and and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; Education, Prof Mamman Tahir.
Details shortly…