DISCUSSIONS ON NEW MINIMUM WAGE STILL ON …..DR.CHRIS NGIGE

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr.Chris Ngige, says discussions are still ongoing for a new minimum wage for the country.

Dr. Ngige told journalists at the State House Abuja, after the National Executive Council meeting that the issue of minimum wage was a work in progress.

He explained that it was after the ongoing deliberations on the minimum wage that a bill would be sent to the National Executive Council and subsequently referred to the National Council of State.

.The Federal Government through the Labour Minister had in a meeting with the leadership of the NLC last week Tuesday resolved that the executive bill on minimum wage should be forwarded by January 23 to the National Assembly to prevent the planned strike.

The NLC had threatened to shut down the economy on January 28, and also vote against any candidate in the forthcoming elections that refused to implement the proposed minimum wage of N30,000.

ISRAEL ADEJUGBE