President Buhari Inaugurates 30-Member New Minimum Wage Committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 30-member tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee for the negotiation of a new National Minimum Wage for the Nigerian workers.
The inauguration held inside the council chamber of the presidential villa Abuja on Monday.
It was attended by governors and senior government officials.

All Progressives Congress governors, Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Simon Lalong of Plateau, who are members of the 30-member committee, attended the inauguration.
All two of their PDP colleagues, Nyesom Wike of Rivers and  who are part of Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, who are also members of the committee, were notably absent.
Mr. Buhari said in his remarks that the inauguration of the committee followed the recommendation of a technical committee put in place after the increase in the price of petrol in 2016.
The president also said the current minimum wage being used in the country has already expired.
He said after the completion of the work of his the committee, an executive bill would be sent to the National Assembly “to undergo scrutiny before being passed into law”.
By its tripartite nature, the committee is made up of persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the private sector made up of the largest private employer group, 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).

There are also Muheeba Dankaka, President, Kano Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA and Degun Agboade, President, Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, NASME.


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