The Federal Government, on Monday, said it was planning to
increase the minimum wage of workers from the current N30,000 to conform with
the current reality.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment,
Chris Ngige, in Abuja, while addressing members of the Nigeria Labour Congress,
NLC at a public presentation of a publication titled, “Contemporary History of
Working Class Struggles.”
According to the minister, the increment in the minimum wage
was necessary due to the current global inflation that has impacted negatively
on citizens’ purchasing power.
He expressed delight that the 2019 Minimum Wage Act included
a new clause for a review which would make it easier for the government.
He said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had
commenced the wage adjustment with members of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU.
Ngige said, “The inflation is worldwide, we shall adjust the
minimum wage in conformity with what is happening and much more important, the
2019 Minimum Wage Act has a new clause for a review.
“That adjustment has started with the Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU), because the stage they are, with their primary
employers, the Ministry of Education, is a Collective Bargaining Agreement,
CBA, negotiations”.
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