Minimum Wage: Governors Shun Meeting As FG Proposes N54,000

Governors on national minimum wage committee shunned Tuesday’s meeting as Federal Government raised it proposal to N54,000 from N48,000.

FactualTimes reports that six Governors in the tripartite committee did not attend meeting held in Abuja.

The ongoing negotiations  has been adjourned till Wednesday after the organised labour rejected the new N54,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government.

Recall that organized labour staged a walkout after the Government proposed N48,000 as minimum wage as against N615,000 proposal from labour.

A credible source told Punch Correspondent that Governors of Bauchi and Niger States we’re represented at the meeting.