President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, has revealed that the Federal Government and the organised Labour movement in the country have reached a consensus to review the National Minimum Wage, Fresh Angle International has gathered.
Wabba, who made the revelation in an interview with newsmen Wednesday February 15 in Abuja, said that the consensus was reached during the sitting of the Technical Committee on Palliative.
He said the committee was meant to look into the framework to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians and cushion the effect of the increase in the price of fuel.
The labour leader noted that the report of the committee, which was also meant to discuss the issue of the minimum wage, was ready for submission. “I think there is a consensus on the fact that nobody has said that the minimum wage should not be reviewed. The palliative report is ready and it would be submitted before the end of the month,” Comrade Waba asserted.
He said the technical committee will have to submit its report to President Muhammadu Buhari and not to the Minister of Labour and Employment, adding that the Presidency would then set up the tripartite committee that would involve the government, private and public sector.
The NLC President said that labour was hopeful that the minimum wage committee would be constituted soon.
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