FG sets up committee for minimum wage implementation

The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to examine the necessary adjustments in salaries related to the minimum wage of 70,000.

The Committee is chaired by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and comprises 16 members made up of 8 members each, from the Federal Government and the Trade Union sides.

The Committee is to negotiate and agree on the consequential salary adjustments arising from the National Minimum Wage Act, 2024.

See the circular below:

Recall that the Federal government had in May agreed with labour unions as well as the organised private sector on a minimum wage of N70,000.