Public Hearings to review the Minimum Wage, are to hold at the six geo-political zones of the country.
The Head of Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Helen Chukwu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on Monday.
She said it would commence from the South West.
Mrs. Chukwu said the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, would chair the event to be held in Lagos this Thursday.
The others would take place in the North-East (Yola), North-West (Kano), North-Central (Abuja), South-South (Uyo) and South-East (Enugu).
She said ‘These sessions aim to gather insights and recommendations to inform a fair and sustainable minimum wage policy, reflecting the engagement and contributions from various stakeholders in the region.”
Governor Adeleke Ademola of Osun State, representing state government interests; Omo-Lamai Grace from the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and Muhammed Nura from the Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, voicing employers’ perspectives would join Mr. Edun in Lagos.
Also, the organised labour would be represented by Adeyanju Adewale (NLC) and Shuaibu Afusatu (TUC), alongside the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Onyejeocha Nkeiruka.
Mrs. Chukwu said the hearings would ensure “a fair, sustainable national minimum wage, reflective of our economic realities and aspirations.”