President Tinubu Asks Wale Edun To Come Up With Implementation Plan For New Minimum Wage Within 2 Days

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, to present the implementation plan for a new minimum wage within two days.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Tinubu gave this directive during the meeting  held with the government negotiation team led by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, George Akume, at the presidential villa , Abuja.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while talking to state house correspondents after the closed-door meeting on Tuesday.

Idris said the president met with the representatives of the Federal Government who are currently negotiating with the labour on the minimum wage.

He noted, ‘The president has just summoned a meeting of all those who negotiated on behalf of the federal government led by the secretary to the government of the federation, the Minister of Finance was there, the Minister of Information, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, the Minister of Labour, and the NNPCL GMD.

We were all there to look at all issues and the president has directed the Minister of Finance to do the numbers and get back to him between today and tomorrow so that we can have figures ready for negotiation with labour’.

Idris also added  that the president is ready to accept the committee’s resolutions.

‘The president is determined to go with what the committee has said, and he’s also looking at the welfare of Nigerians.

Government is not against or opposed to labour discussions, the government is not an opponent of wage increase but what is there is that government is always there to ensure that there is a balance between what government pronouncement is and what the realities are on the ground.

And therefore, we will work assiduously to ensure that whatever promises the government makes are promises that will be kept. That is the idea of this meeting’ he said.

President Tinubu has also according to him  directed the government representatives to work collectively with the organized private sector and the sub-nationals to achieve a new affordable wage award for Nigerians.

‘The President has given a matching order that all those who have negotiated on behalf of the federal government and all those who are representatives of organized private sectors, the sub nationals to come together to have a new wage award that is affordable, sustainable and that is also realistic for Nigerians.

The wage award is not just that of the federal government as I mentioned earlier, the sub-nationals are involved, the organized private sector is involved; it was labour that stepped out during that procedure. Now we have come back to the negotiation table.

All of us will work together assiduously within the next one week to ensure that we have a new wage for Nigeria that is acceptable, sustainable and also realistic’  Idris said-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you