The Minister of Labour and
Employment, Chris Ngige, has
said its time for the Federal
Government to fix a new
minimum wage of Nigerian
workers. Ngige, who made the remark on
Friday, also stressed that the new
minimum wage was long overdue. The minister disclosed that the
federal executive council (FEC)
would review the report of the joint
committee on the national minimum
wage on Wednesday. He noted that the 16-man technical
committee on minimum wage and
palliatives had submitted its report
to the main committee, headed by
the secretary to the government of
the federation. According to Ngige, “This report
have being adopted just last week
by the 29 -man joint committee. “So the report is now being taken to
the Federal Executive Council
(FEC) for approval next week and
then the Acting President will
constitute a National Minimum
Wage Review Committee. “This National Minimum Wage
Review Committee will then fix a
new minimum wage for the country.

na govt wey broke go increase wage,18k some states never pay.

“It has become imperative for a new minimum wage, because the last minimum wage has a life span of five years, it was signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan- and it elapsed by Aug. 2016. “So it is a law that it would have a national application for both those in the private sector and those in the public sector

Lanretoye:
oya talk Nah

u too fast...

This is what I hate to read FG to , FG will do guys remember how many of FG to or FG will way we don hear just this year alone ? Abeg make una leave us alone make una they chop the money alone when GOD get una time 1kobo no go follow una mad set of people

nawa for dis givt oo. after receiving the repo of 29 committee on minimum wages, the will still constitute anoda committee again, so by year 2020 the new committee will submit their own. ao many committee Jonathan constituted b4 he increase the minimum wages. yet govt