FLASH: South West NLC Demands N794,000 Minimum Wage For Workers
N794,000 has been demanded as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical zone by the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The demand was made by the labour union in the South West, through the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday.
The demand, according to Sessi, was jointly agreed upon by all the members of the union in the South West.
President Bola Tinubu, through Vice President Kashim Shettima, inaugurated a 37-member panel on the new minimum wage in the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja on January 30, 2024.
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