- The workers in Taraba and Gombe state are demanding for a new minimum wage of N60 thousand naira
- This is contrary to the demands of the states in the southwest, who were demanding a minimum of N794 thousand
- The workers in the geopolitical zones in the country are presenting their demands to the residential tripartite committee on the national minimum wage
The organised labour in Taraba and Gombe state has proposed a N60,000 new national minimum wage. At the same time, those in Bauchi and Adamawa demand a 50 per cent increase in the current N30 thousand naira minimum wage.
On their part, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Borno and Yobe state said they will accept whatever the presidential tripartite committee on the national minimum wage come up with.
