LABOUR TO PRESS ON N250,000 MINIMUM WAGE DURING THE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT

The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will press for N250,000 minimum wage
during the scheduled meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House,
Abuja, on today.

The Head of Public Affairs of the NLC, Benson Upah, who revealed this to
journalists in Abuja, said even the cost of living has since moved up.
Labour leaders were invited to a meeting with the President in furtherance of
Tinubu’s promise to hold more consultations with stakeholders on the
minimum wage.

The proposed meeting is coming about a month after the President said in his
Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024, that an executive bill on the new
national minimum wage would soon be sent to the National Assembly for
passage.

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