Tinubu Agrees to Pay Over N60k as Minimum Wage, Details Emerge

• President Bola Tinubub-led federal government has expressed the readiness to pay more than N60,000 as the new minimum wage
• Recall that organised labour rejected the N60,000 proposed by the federal government as the new minimum wage
• But the government shifted ground on Monday, June 3, at a negotiation with the organised labour after the commencement of their strike

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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has agreed to pay over N60,000 as the new minimum wage. The government had earlier proposed N60,000, which was rejected by organised labour.

This was one of the resolutions reached at the meeting between the federal government and organised labour, which included the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).

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Channels TV reported that the labour leader and government representatives met in Abuja on Monday, June 3, to address the rising issue of the national minimum wage following a nationwide strike by the unions.

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The meeting was held at the office of the secretary to the government of the federation on Monday evening to find a solution to the differences between the government and the people and bring an end to the industrial action that has crippled various sectors of the country, The Punch reported.

The resolution partly reads:

“The President of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, committed to establishing a National Minimum Wage higher than N60,000, and the Tripartite Committee will convene daily for the next week to finalise an agreeable National Minimum Wage.”

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The resolution was signed by Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, and Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, his counterpart in the Ministry of State for Labour, on behalf of the federal government.

Joe Ajaero, the president of the NLC, and Festus Osifo, his counterpart in the TUC, represented organised labour.

NLC stops Hajj pilgrims over protest

Legit.ng earlier reported that the NLC and TUC strike had stopped over 60,000 Muslims from performing their religious rites as aviation workers joined the industrial action.

The protesting workers blocked the planes' paths at the international airports across the country and forced airlines to return to Saudi Arabia empty.

Professor Ishaq Akintola, the executive director of MURIC, urged the workers to suspend the strike immediately and allow Muslims to exercise their spiritual rights.

Source: Legit.ng