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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West zone.
Chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, disclosed this on Thursday during her presentation at the public hearing of the tripartite committee on national minimum wage in Lagos.
Sessi, according to The PUNCH, said the demand was agreed upon by all the members of the union in the South West.
Recall that the federal government had on January 30 inaugurated a 37-member tripartite committee on national minimum wage.
The committee is tasked with the responsibility of recommending a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers.
The committee, comprising representatives of the federal and state governments, private sector and organised labour, is chaired by Bukar Goni Aji, former head of civil service of the federation.
Also, NLC president, Joe Ajaero, had in February said the new minimum wage for workers should be N1 million.
