Fact check: Has FG agreed to pay N155,000 minimum wage as X user claimed?

  • An X user claimed in a post that the federal government had agreed on N155,000 as the new national minimum wage in Nigeria
  • However, fact-checking reveals this claim to be false, with no official agreement reached by the 37-man Tripartite Committee or any party involved in the negotiations
  • President Bola Tinubu’s Tripartite Committee is expected to conclude discussions by March and submit recommendations

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A. Ayofe, an X user with the handle, @abdullahayofel, claimed in a post that the federal government has agreed on N155,000 as Nigeria’s new national minimum wage.