Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says the federal government will decide on a new minimum wage on Monday.
Ngige made the disclosure after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday.
He said an “enlarged meeting of all key stakeholders” in the government circle at both federal and state level had been scheduled for Monday.
The minister said a decision would be taken at the end of the meeting and a draft law would be transmitted to the national assembly on the new national minimum wage law.
“I have come here to consult with the vice-president and Mr. President. On Monday, the economic team will meet and the governors are supposed to come so that the federal government will brief them on what is on the ground and we will see what they will be able to put to us, because the government side is still three tiers: the federal, states and the…
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