Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, says that the report of the Technical Committee on Minimum Wage and Palliatives will soon be approved by the president.
The Minister of Labour and Employment said
President Muhammadu Buhari will soon approve the setting up of a 29-man
committee to engage organised labour in negotiating a new national minimum wage
for workers.
According to him, the committee’s report will
be subjected to the scrutiny of the National Assembly before government’s
implementation.
Recall that organised labour comprising the
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has
submitted a N56,000 new national minimum wage request to the government.
While addressing reporters in his office after
a meeting of the technical committee, Ngige said the committee was yet to be
set up.
He noted that the technical committee set up
to work out modalities for the review of the palliatives would soon submit its
report to the main committee.
On June 3, 2016, a joint technical committee
of the federal government and organised labour was inaugurated on palliatives
and minimum wage.
He however claimed that it was within the
ambit of the National Assembly to amend the minimum wage act, since national
minimum wage issues are on the exclusive list.
He also said that the main committee made up
of eight ministers and the Secretary to Government of the Federation, including
Labour leaders.
He said they will adopt or review the report before submitting
it to President Buhari who will then approve the composition of the national
minimum wage committee, The Nation reports.
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Source: Naij.com
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