Minimum wage is work in progress, says Ngige
He stated this to journalists in Abuja, after the National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
“The issue of the minimum wage is a work in progress”
He explained that the after deliberation of the minimum wage which will be concluded on January 22, 2019, it will be transferred to the National Executive Council and will be referred to the National Council of State.
The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Ngige had in a meeting with the leadership of the organised labour on Tuesday last week resolved that the executive bill on minimum wage should be forwarded on or before January 23 to the National Assembly to avert the planned strike by labour.
The organised labour had threatened to shut down the economy on January 28,and even vote against any candidates in the forthcoming elections that refuses to implement the new minimum wage of N30,000.
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