June 12: Tinubu Promises New Minimum Wage in Democracy Day Address

• President Bola Tinubu addresses minimum wage in national broadcast on June 12. 

• Pledges to send new national minimum wage proposal to National Assembly.

• Recommendations received by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu addressed the minimum wage matter in his national broadcast commemorating Nigeria’s 25th anniversary of unbroken democracy and the 2024 Democracy Day.

Tinubu pledged to send the proposed new national minimum wage to the National Assembly for approval.

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This follows shortly after the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, received the recommendations of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage.

Tinubu in his take on the national strike by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other affiliated unions said his administration do not seek to crack down on workers.

The President speaking on his plan to fix the economy so that everyone has access to economic opportunity, fair pay and compensation for his endeavour and labour said, “In this spirit, we have negotiated in good faith and with open arms with organized labour on a new national minimum wage. We shall soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine what has been agreed upon as part of our law for the next five years or less.

June 12

“In the face of labour’s call for a national strike, we did not seek to oppress or crack down on the workers as a dictatorial government would have done. We chose the path of cooperation over conflict.

“No one was arrested or threatened. Instead, the labour leadership was invited to break bread and negotiate toward a good-faith resolution.

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“Reasoned discussion and principled compromise are hallmarks of democracy. These themes shall continue to animate my policies and interaction with the constituent parts of our political economy.”

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