The Nigeria Labour Congress has called for N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone.
Funmi Sessi, chairman of the Lagos State branch of the NLC, made the demand during her presentation at the current public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday.
Sessi stated that the demand was jointly agreed upon by all members of the union in the South West.
President Bola Tinubu, through Vice President Kashim Shettima, inaugurated a 37-member panel on the new minimum wage in the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja on January 30, 2024.
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