The Federal Executive Council has deferred the consideration of the proposed minimum wage memo to give room for more consultation with stakeholders.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents on the decisions taken at the council meeting.
Mr. Mohammed Idris said President Bola Tinubu has studied the report submitted by the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage and would consult further before the final submission of a New National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, Organised Labour has kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on the new national minimum wage.
Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, said stepping down the Tripartite Committee report creates room for injurious speculations.
Federal Government, Organized Private Sector, and Labour had held several meetings on the new minimum wage with the NLC and Trade Union Congress leaders insisting on N250,000.
