ITREALMS:
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of the
National Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee (NMWTC), at the Aso Villa on
Tuesday, November 6, 2018, reports ITREALMS.
NMWTC, ITREALMS recalls was inaugurated on 27th November
2017, with a mandate to recommend a new minimum wage for the workers in the
country, saying that the Federal Government under his leadership is in support
of the state government paying workers the minimum wage.
“We supported State Governments to pay workers salary. And
of course, we set up a committee in order to review the minimum wage of workers,”
he said.
Buhari also said that this exercise became necessary for
many reasons, noting that the last review took place in 2011.
“We all know since then, the prices of key consumables have
increased and the most vulnerable of our workers are struggling to make ends
meet,” he said.
Since 2011, Buhari pointed out that many changes have taken
place, underlining that Nigeria rebased its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to
become the largest economy in Africa, which led to the country reported very
strong GDP growth rates and exceptional performance of our capital markets,
which successes did not flow into the pockets and homes of majority of Nigerians.
President Buhari further said that in the last three years, APC
government had focused on correcting this deficiency.
“We are working to create a diversified and inclusive
economy,” he said.
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Pix: President Buhari with committee Chairman, Mrs Amal Pepple.
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