By Ononye VC
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage.
The committee is to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the country.
Vice President Kashim Shettima who inaugurated the committee at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja, charged to them to ensure the timely submission of their recommendations.
The Committee chaired by the former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Goni Bukar Aji, is made up of members of the organised labour, the private sector and the federal and state governments.
Shettima said the decision to set up the committee is a recognition of the need to ensure a decent living wage and in compliance with the existing National Minimum Wage Act of 2019 which will expire in a few months from now.
Membership of the committee cuts across the Federal Government, state government, private sector, and organised labour.
Present for the inauguration are some state governors, including Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State; Mohammed Bago of Niger State; Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, and Bassey Otu of Cross River State.
