Economic Recession: Employers, labour in textile industry agree on N32,000 minimum wage

Employers in the textile industry and Organized Labour in the sector have reached an agreement to raise the salary of the least paid workers to N32,000 per month to help workers cope with the economic recession.

National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, which gave this hint in a document obtained by Vanguard, said the increment is about 75 per cent higher than national minimum wage.

In the document endorsed by the President and General Secretary of the union, Mr. John Adaji and Issa Aremu respectively, the union said the new wage was agreed upon at the 46th National Collective Agreement, NCA.

Source: Vanguard.