The Federal Government and
leadership of the organised labour are currently meeting at the Ministry of
Labour and Employment in Abuja over the minimum wage issue with the aim of
finding a solution to the controversy surrounding the new minimum wage of
N30,000.
The meeting was called to give
update on the Federal Government’s effort on the transmission of an executive
bill on the new minimum wage to the National Assembly as demanded by the NLC,
and ways to avert the impending nationwide protest by the unions.
Among those at the meeting are
the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Finance,
Zainab Ahmed and Minister of National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma.
The team representing the
organised labour comprises of the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress,
Ayuba Wabba, General Secretary of the NLC, Peter Ozo-Eson, and president of the
Trade Union Congress, Kaigama Bobboi.
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