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After series of meetings between the Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige and leadership of the orgnaised labour, the Federal Government, on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, finally announced the decision to commence the payment of N30, 000 minimum wage to its workers.
Ngige made the announcement at the end of the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. He informed that the FEC also approved that payment of minimum wage be effected from April 18, 2019.
Organised labour had earlier threatened to embark on a nationwide strike from Oct. 16, if the Federal Government fails to reconvene the meeting of the committee negotiating the consequential adjustment on the new minimum wage.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at a meeting with the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC)-Trade Union Side) in Abuja, warned that labour would not guarantee industrial peace in...