Labour Opposes FEC Decision To Steps Down Memo On Minimum Wage 

Abuja, Nigeria– The Organised Labour on Tuesday opposed the decision of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to set aside the memorandum concerning the report of the Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage.

Benson Upah, the Head of Public Relations for the Nigeria Labour Congress, criticized the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for not addressing the memo during Tuesday’s meeting.

He argued that the decision to set aside the tripartite committee report “opens the door to damaging speculations.”

Meanwhile, after the council meeting, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told journalists after the council meeting that the FEC stepped down the memorandum on the new minimum wage to allow for more consultations between President Bola Tinubu, state governors, local government authorities and the private sector.

He said the council deferred acting on the memo given that the Federal Government is not the sole stakeholder on the national minimum wage issue.

The Federal Government, Organised Private Sector and Labour had held several meetings on the new minimum wage with the NLC and Trade Union Congress leaders insisting on N250,000.

However, the Federal Government, states and the OPS made a counter-offer of N62,000.