JUST IN: Buhari Inaugurates Committee On New Minimum Wage In Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated a 30-member tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee for the negotiation of a new National Minimum Wage for Nigerian workers.

It was gathered that the inauguration was held inside the council chamber of the presidential villa Abuja some hours ago.

In his remarks, President Buhari said that the inauguration of the committee followed the recommendation of a technical committee put in place after the increase in the price of petrol in 2016.

The president also said the current minimum wage being used in the country has already expired.

He said after the completion of the work of his the committee, an executive bill would be sent to the National Assembly “to undergo scrutiny before being passed into law”.


The committee is made up of persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the private sector made up of the largest private employer group, the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME).

The committee is chaired by Ama Pepple. Other members are; Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige (Deputy Chairman), Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Chief Richard Egbule    (Member/Secretary).

Others are; Minister, Budget and Planning Udo Udo Udoma, Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation

Mrs Winifred E. Oyo – Ita and Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Dr. Roy Ug

Representing the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are; Governors Rauf Aregbesola (Osun, South West), Rochas Okorocha (Imo, South East) Hassan Dankwambo (Gombe, North East) Nyesom Wike (Rivers, South South), Simon Lalong (Plateau, North Central) Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi, North West) and A. B. Okauru, Esq., DG, NGF as observer.

Representatives of trade unions are Ayuba Wabba, President Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Peters Adeyemi, Kiri Mohammed, Amechi Asugwuni, Peter Ozo-Eson, Bobboi Bala Kaigama President, Trade Union Congress, Sunday Olusoji Salako, Alade Bashir Lawa and Igwe Achese President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).

On the employers’ side are; Olusegun Oshinowo, Director General, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Timothy Olawale, Chuma Nwankwo,  Mrs Olubunmi Adekoje, Director General, Federation of     Construction Industry (FOCI), Alhaji Ahmed Ladan Gobir, Chairman, Kaduna East Branch, Manufacturers’ Association (MAN), Francis Oluwagbenro, Hajia Muheeba Dankaka, President, Kano Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Prince Degun Agboade, President, Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME).