Tinubu orders Wale Edun to present minimum wage template Wednesday

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to present a template for the new minimum wage on Wednesday.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents Tuesday the president met with the Federal Government delegation on the new minimum wage in Abuja on Tuesday.

Those at the meeting were Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, Edun and Idris.

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The organised labour suspended its nationwide strike to protest the federal government’s reluctance to present an acceptable new minimum wage for the country’s workers for five days on Tuesday.

Idris said: “The President has directed the Minister of Finance to do the numbers and get back to him between today and tomorrow so that we can have some figures ready for negotiations with Labour.

“Mr. President is determined to go with what the committee has set. He is also looking at the welfare of Nigerians.

The minister stressed that the government was not against the move for a new minimum wage spearheaded by the labour.

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