FG working to announce new minimum wage – Shoretire

The Federal Government is moving to denote a caller nationalist minimum wage to alleviate the economical hardship faced by Nigerian workers.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr Kamil Shoretire, made this disclosure connected Tuesday successful Abuja astatine a capacity-building store organised for labour correspondents.

Shoretire confirmed that consultations were underway to acceptable an authoritative day for negotiations.

“We are yet to denote the timetable for that, but inheritance discussions are already ongoing.

“When it’s clip to get the property progressive successful what has been projected and what is being negotiated, it volition beryllium revealed to you,” helium said.

According to him, the authorities was besides engaging workers successful sectors wherever disputes implicit salaries and allowances remained unresolved.

This followed aggravated unit from organised labour groups to reappraisal the existent N70,000 nationalist minimum wage approved by the Federal Government successful 2024.

The workers are besides requesting an summation to N500,000 and an contiguous wage award.

They arsenic demanded a simplification successful the petrol terms to N500 per litre.

FG moving to denote caller minimum wage – Shoretire