{"id":2742,"date":"2019-01-18T16:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:21:21","slug":"nigerian-govt-to-give-final-verdict-on-n30000-minimum-wage-on-january-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/nigerian-govt-to-give-final-verdict-on-n30000-minimum-wage-on-january-22","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Govt To Give Final Verdict On N30,000 Minimum Wage On January 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian government, through the National Council of State, will announce its final stance on the N30,000 minimum wage on January 22, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment while speaking with State House correspondents after the National Economic Council meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ngige maintained that the government cannot take a unilateral decision on the minimum wage, noting that the state governors have to be carried along in the process.<\/p>\n<p>His words: \u201cThe information minister told you the other day after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that we are taking our deliberations to the National Economic Council and then we close up on January 22 at the National Council of State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, we will be able to say where we are going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a question of governors saying they cannot pay N30,000; discussions are still ongoing and will terminate on January 22, when we meet with the National Council of State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernors are part of Nigeria and they are part of the government\u2019s side of the public sector; so do not disengage them or disarticulate them from the Federal Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The labour unions and\u00a0the government had reached a consensus over the minimum wage after a long stretch of back-and-forth deliberations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix after-story-ad-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-small-6 col-large-4\">\n<div class=\"block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\">\n<div class=\"adunit-parent block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian government, through the National Council of State, will announce its final stance on the N30,000 minimum wage on January 22, 2019. 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