President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30-member Tripartite Committee for the negotiation of a new national minimum wage for workers in the country.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Samuel Olowookere.
According to Olowookere, by its tripartite nature, the committee was made up of persons from the public and the private sectors.
“This includes the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME),‘’ he said.
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He added that the members of the committee on the government side, included Chairman, Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee, Ms Ama Pepple; Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment (Deputy Chairman), among others.
Olowookere also said Ayuba Wabba and Mr Bobboi Kaigama, among others would be representing the trade unions.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will be represented by Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, and Goveror Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
Olowookere said the committee would be inaugurated on Monday, November 27 at the Council Chambers, Sate House, Abuja.
(NAN)
