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Nigerian Workers Deserve New Minimum Wage – Ngige

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BEVERLY HILLS, May 19 (THEWILL) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has declared that Nigerian workers are long overdue for a new minimum wage.

Ngige said the 16-man technical committee on minimum wage and palliatives had submitted its report to the main committee, headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

He revealed that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would review the report of the joint committee on the National Minimum wage on Wednesday noting that since the issue of minimum wage was a constitutional issue, all stakeholders would be involved in the final discussions.

“This report have being adopted just last week by the 29 -man joint committee,” he said.

“So the report is now being taken to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for approval next week and then the Acting President will constitute a National Minimum Wage Review Committee.

“This National Minimum Wage Review Committee will then fix a new minimum wage for the country.

“It has become imperative for a new minimum wage, because the last minimum wage has a life span of five years.

“So it is a law that it would have a national application for both those in the private sector and those in the public sector.

“So the implementation of the national minimum wage is not only for the Federal Government alone.

“We must all sit together and come out with an acceptable agreement.”

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