The Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone.
The labour union in the South West, through the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, made the demand during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday.
Sessi noted that the demand was jointly agreed on by all the members of the union in the South West.
The zonal public hearing on the new wage structure kicked off today Thursday across the six geopolitical zone of the country with every stakeholder represented in the discussion
The public hearing is expected to take place in simultaneously in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Abuja.
The public hearing is expected to receive inputs from organised Labour, state governors, ministers, civil society groups, and the organised private sector on a new minimum wage reflective of the current economic realities and the workers’ aspirations.
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, is presiding over the South-West hearing taking place in Lagos.
