7th March, 2024
The Nigeria Labour Congress in the southwest has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage.
The NLC in the geo-political zone made this demand through the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the union Funmi Sessi.
Sessi stated demand while making a presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday.
Sessi said that the demand was jointly agreed on by all the members of the union in the South West .
The 37-member tripartite committee on minimum wage was recently inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu through the Vice President Kashim Shettima.