President Bola Tinubu.
The Presidency has debunked the online report making rounds that the Federal Government has offered N105,000 as the new national minimum wage.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga discredited the report via his X account (formerly Twitter) on Thursday.
Onanuga said, “The Honorable Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun has not proposed N105,000 minimum wage. The contrary story being disseminated is false.”
There has been a report on some online platforms to the effect that the minister presented a proposal of N105,000 to President Bola Tinubu.
Recall that the Tripartite Committee meeting on the new national minimum wage was stalled on Wednesday due to the failure of the Federal Government team to present a new figure to the organized labour after the initial N60,000 offer was rejected by labour.
The minister of Finance alongside the Minister of Budget presented a figure to the President on Thursday which is expected to be presented at the Tripartite Committee meeting today.
The meeting involves the Federal Government, the organised private sector and the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).
The organised labour has been on struggle with the Government over the offer of N60,000 far from its initial demands of N615,000. A strike declared on Monday had attracted a nationwide compliance among workers, a development that prompted the Government into swift action, with President Bola Tinubu directing the Minister of Finance to finalise figures of the new minimum wage in two days and present same for onward consideration.