The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has appealed to the federal government to prompt the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage to conclude its proceedings.
The prolonged delay has led to agitation and a lack of trust among stakeholders, according to NECA.
In a statement, NECA’s president, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, expressed disappointment over the committee’s delay in reconvening, which has caused friction between organized labor and some state governors. The last meeting was held a month ago.
Oyerinde emphasized that negotiating through the media could be counterproductive and urged both parties to remain calm and await the final decision from the tripartite committee, which will consider all factors discussed in previous meetings. He also stressed that any increase must consider the parameters outlined in the ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 131 of 1970, including the needs of workers and their families, as well as economic factors.
Oyerinde said, “It is instructive to note that the tripartite committee that was constituted to negotiate the national minimum wage is yet to finalise its assignment, so waging a war or negotiating on the pages of newspapers could be counterproductive for all stakeholders.
“This seeming war of attrition on an issue that is programmed to be respectfully negotiated and consensus reached is not only unnecessary, but also disrespectful to the entire technical committee.”
The proposed N615,000 minimum wage by the National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) has not persuaded the state governors, leading to agitation.
However, NECA advises against a “war of attrition” and instead advocates for respectful negotiations and consensus-building.
This minimum wage matter sef hope federal government go follow up on am no be to bring am without properly implementing on them o
The minimum wage is actually a big problem at the moment in as much as the federal government is not trying to work on price control we are heading for massive inflation
Increasing the minimum wage is not the problem but the inflation it will cause is actually the problem
Yes
But at least they should increase it
I smell inflation. Control the price of commodities before implementing any new minimum wage. Make we no use #1,000,000 to buy bag of rice one day
They should work on this inflation issues first before minimum wage because if they increase minimum wage and there is still inflation, there will still be problems
That 615k by NLC is too much or is it only Federal government that will pay and the private companies not included? Anyway since the negotiations has not been concluded I will be patient to see the outcome
I’m getting tired of this country sef 😢😢
They should better make the right decision
What is all these confusion in this country self small time they will say increase small time they will say another thing..
When the people in power have no direction this is what happens.
No matter what they should increase the minimum wage…. since they are increasing tax everyday by day petrol price not stable cyber security fee still dey on ground.. .how do they want salary earners to survive
What kind of thing is this so the poor masses wont feed abii