Southwest NLC demands N794,000 as minimum wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress in the southwest has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage.

The NLC in the geo-political zone made this demand through  the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the union Funmi Sessi.

Sessi stated  demand while making a  presentation at the public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday.

Sessi said that the demand was jointly agreed on by all the members of the union in the South West .

The 37-member tripartite committee on minimum wage was recently inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu through the  Vice President Kashim Shettima.