The federal government has increased its offer for the new minimum wage for workers from N60,000 to N62,000, against Organized Labour proposed N250,000.
According to CHANNELS TELEVISION reports, the figure was arrived at on Friday during a meeting between federal government representatives and labour leaders held in Abuja.
Recall that, on Monday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) embarked on an nationwide strike, however, suspended the strike on Tuesday, to allow negotiations with the federal government on a new minimum wage.
The negotiations resumed on Thursday.
Labour had proposed N615,500 and N494,000 as the new national minimum wage, which the government said was unrealistic.
Meanwhile, governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) have said the N60,000 minimum wage for workers is not su
stainable.
