Don’t send new minimum wage to NASS without consulting us – Labour tells Tinubu

The Organized Labour has advised President Bola Tinubu against presenting any proposed minimum wage figure to the National Assembly without prior consultation with them.

The President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero and his counterpart from Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, stated this on Thursday while speaking on the sideline of the ongoing International Labour Conference at the Palais du Nation in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ajaero said he expects Tinubu to invite tripartite bodies for a meeting where the ability to pay will be discussed, before arriving at a final figure.

 “We do not expect the President to present a final figure to the National Assembly without consulting with organised labour, employers, and state governors.

“Everyone will still come together to discuss before transmission to the National Assembly.”

President Tinubu on Wednesday said he would soon send a bill to the National Assembly to enshrine what has been agreed upon with labour as new National Minimum wage as part of the law for the next five years or less.

Tinubu did not announce a new minimum wage, but what has been tabled before him by the Tripartite Committee is N62,000.