The tripartite committee tasked with determining Nigeria’s minimum wage is scheduled to reconvene for negotiations and consultations in mid-April.
This was disclosed on Sunday in Abuja during an interview with Punch correspondent by Hakeem Ambali, the National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress and a committee member, stating that the committee is actively reviewing reports from zonal public hearings
Ambali emphasized that the committee members are actively collating and assessing the reports from the zonal public hearings.
During these public hearings, various zones proposed different minimum wage amounts, expected to mitigate the impacts of the Premium Motor Spirit subsidy removal, the proposed minimum wage amounts during the public hearings included N794,000 from the South West, N560,000 from the North East, N485,000 from the North West, N709,000 from the North Central, N850,000 from the South-South, and N540,000 from the South East.
Commenting on the outcome of the recently held meeting, Ambali said, “We have been compiling and analyzing zonal reports.”
Concerning the date set for the committee’s next meeting, he mentioned, “Mid-April.”
