Minimum Wage: NLC, FG Reach 4 Resolutions, Details Emerge
- NLC and TUC's meeting with the federal government on the new minimum wage has come to an end with four resolutions
- The meeting was held at the office of the secretary to the government of the federation, George Akume, to end the nationwide strike by the unions
- According to Akume, the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage will meet every day for the next one week
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The meeting between the federal government and organised labour on the new minimum wage has come to an end.
According to a statement jointly signed by the minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, and his counterpart in the ministry of labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, the tripartite committee will meet every day for the next one week.
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Four resolutions reached between FG, labour
Part of the resolution was that no worker would be victimised because of the nationwide industrial action.
The statement reads:
Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and Labour's subsequent withdrawal from the negotiation, the leadership of the National Assembly intervened on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
Organised labour declared a nationwide strike on Monday, June 3, 2024, to drive home its demands.
The federal government subsequently convened a meeting with Labour, held in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday, June 3, to end the strike action.
After exhaustive deliberation and engagement by both parties, the following resolutions were reached:
The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, is committed to a National Minimum Wage that is higher than N60,000;
Arising from the above, the Tripartite Committee is to meet every day for the next one week with a view to arriving at an agreeable National Minimum Wage;
Labour, in deference to the high esteem of the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the Federal Republic of Nigeria's commitment in (ii) above undertakes to convene a meeting of its organs immediately to consider this commitment; and
No worker would be victimized as a result of the industrial action.
Below is the statement:
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.
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