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NLC demands N794,000 as minimum wage for south-west workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded N794,000 as
the new national minimum wage for workers in the south-west zone.
Funmi Sessi, chairperson of the Lagos state chapter of the
NLC, said this on Thursday during her presentation at the ongoing public
hearing of the tripartite committee on national minimum wage in Lagos.
According to Punch, Sessi said the demand was agreed upon by
all the members of the union in the south-west.
On January 30, the federal government inaugurated a
37-member tripartite committee on national minimum wage.