In a significant breakthrough, the Federal Government and the Organised Labour have reached an agreement on the National Minimum Wage.
The agreement was reached after a marathon meeting held at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, which lasted several hours on Monday.
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According to a communiqué signed by both parties, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has committed to a National Minimum Wage higher than N60,000. The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage will meet daily for the next one week to negotiate an agreeable figure.
The Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), has agreed to convene an emergency meeting of its organs to consider the government’s commitment. The parties have also agreed that no worker will be victimized as a result of the industrial action.
The intervention of the National Assembly leadership and the subsequent meeting between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour paved the way for the breakthrough.
The communiqué was signed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, on behalf of the Federal Government. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, signed on behalf of the Organised Labour.
The agreement has been hailed as a major victory for Nigerian workers, who have been demanding a higher minimum wage to reflect the country’s economic realities.
