Meeting of Tripartite Committee on New Minimum Wage Underway

Meeting of Tripartite Committee on New Minimum Wage Underway

The meeting of the tripartite committee on a new national minimum wage is underway.

The meeting, which is the fifth since the suspension of the industrial action by organised labour, is holding behind closed doors at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja.

Some prominent members of the committee are in attendance, including the Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF); Minister of Labour and Employment (State), Nkiruka Onyejeocha; Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodimma; a representative of the Salaries, Income and Wages Commission; Minister of Finance, Wale Edun; as well as the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu.

When the meeting was held on Thursday, members of the committee gave assurances that a figure may be announced on Friday.

Recall that the organised labour had suspended their industrial action for one week, to enable the committee to finalise their negotiation and come up with a figure, that would be sent to the National Assembly.

We had earlier reported that the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, said the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will arrive at a figure by Friday (today).

Uzodimma, who is the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this after the committee’s five-hour meeting on Thursday.

Addressing the press after the meeting, Uzodimma said the committee would arrive at a figure when the committee reconvenes by 11am on Friday.

On the rumours making the rounds that a figure of N105,000 had been agreed, the governor said no such decision had been reached but assured workers in the country that the figure agreed on the new minimum wage would be made known after Friday meeting.

The committee had also met on Wednesday at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja, the same venue of today’s meeting.

 

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Governors: N60,000 Minimum Wage Not Sustainable

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Friday said that the N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government negotiation team was not sustainable and therefore cannot fly.

The NGF said that it agreed that a new minimum wage was due and sympathises with labour unions in their push for higher wages.

In a statement by its acting Director on Media and Public Affairs Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed, the governors however said urged all parties to consider the fact that the minimum wage negotiations also involve consequential adjustments across all cadres, including pensioners.

The NGF cautioned parties in this important discussion to look beyond just signing a document for the sake of it; any agreement to be signed should be sustainable and realistic.

According to NGF, “All things considered, the NGF holds that the N60,000 minimum wage proposal is not sustainable and can not fly. It will simply mean that many states will spend all their FAAC allocations on just paying salaries with nothing left for development purposes.

” In fact, a few states will end up borrowing to pay workers every month. We do not think this will be in the collective interest of the country, including workers.

“We appeal that all parties involved, especially the labour unions, consider all the socioeconomic variables and settle for an agreement that is sustainable, durable, and fair to all other segments of the society who have legitimate claim to public resources.”, the governors said