In furtherance of its agreement with the labour unions, the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to review the national
minimum wage, the federal government has set in motion deliberations on the proposal
minimum wage with the inauguration of a 16-man technical committee to chart the
way forward.
According to Guardian, the deliberations, which began in Abuja
yesterday following the inauguration of the committee by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF), David Lawal, is chaired by the Minister of
Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who said they had already met and outlined
some details and their terms of reference.
Members of the committee include Minister of State for
Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu; Minister of Budget and Planning, Udo Udoma; Minister
of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi; Chairman
of National Salaries and Wages Commission, R.O. Egbule and the representative
of the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.
Representatives from NLC include Peter Adeyemi, Amaechi
Asugwuni, Ibrahim Khaleel, Igwe Achese and Abdullahi Sale while TUC has
Augustine Etafo, Alade Bashir Lawal and Abdullahi Sale as representatives.
Basically, the terms of reference, according to Ngige,
include looking into organised labour’s grievances arising from the increase in
the pump price of Prime Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, as well as
examine other consequential matters thereon.
It would be recalled that the labour unions had submitted a
proposal to the government demanding for a N56, 000 minimum wages to enable
workers adjust to the increase in the pump price of Prime Motor Spirit (PMS).
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