Minimum Wage: Committee To Reconvene Mid-April

The National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Hakeem Ambali, has disclosed that the 37-member tripartite committee on minimum wage set up by the Federal Government will reconvene in mid-April to continue further negotiations and consultations on the new minimum wage.

President Bola Tinubu is expected to announce the new minimum wage on May 1, 2024.

Ambali who is also a member of the tripartite committee, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday.

The committee members, according to Ambali are still collating and analyzing the reports received from the zonal public hearings.

It would be recalled that the committee had received the reports of zonal public hearings held across the six geo-political zones of the country between Wednesday, March 27, 2024 and Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Osun Defender reports that the South West zone had suggested N794,000; the North East proposed N560,000 as minimum wage; North West proposed N485,000; the North Central proposed N709,000; South-South demanded N850,000 while the South East demanded N540,000.

Speaking on the outcome of the recently held meeting, Ambali simply said, “We have been compiling and analysing zonal reports.”

When asked about the date fixed for the next meeting of the committee, he said, “Mid-April.”