Minimum wage won't be ready by September – Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige on Tuesday said expectations of getting a new national minimum wage by the end of September would not materialise.

He explained that the September date is just for conclusion of negotiation on the issue of the minimum wage.


Ngige, in an interview with reporters yesterday at his home in Abuja, said the committee on the new minimum wage is expected to conclude its work by the end of September and its report will be thereafter presented for deliberation.

This, he added, will be followed by an approval before an Executive Bill will be presented to the National Assembly on the issue.