The Federal Executive Council has approved the constitution of a National Minimum Wage Committee to kick start the process of deliberations for a new wage for Nigerian workers.
According to a report by Vanguard, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting presided by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, said that the committee will be made up of 29 members to be drawn from the organized Labour, Federal Government and State Governments.
The Federal Government had in May 2016, shortly after the upward review of the pump price of pms, set up the Technical Committee on Minimum Wage and Palliatives comprising Labour and government representatives, to recommend interventions to cushion the effects of the pump price increase as well as the review of the minimum wage.
The Committee submitted its report in April 2017 to the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal and not much has been reported on its recommendations since.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, are demanding a minimum wage of N56,000.
