Comrade Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is hopeful that the Federal Government will soon announce new national minimum wage.

His hope is based on the completion of work by the tripartite committee on new National minimum wage.

He told newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, that the committee’s report was ready for submission to the President, adding that the government would announce the new package after a meeting of the National Economic Council.

The suspension of the work of the committee led to the recent warning strike , but Wabba said after the resumption of the committee, a new minimum wage that was acceptable to all employers of labour in the country was arrived at.

He said, “I want to assure workers that all has been concluded and will be passed for signing within the week. I also want to appreciate the Organised Private Sector, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) for their resolve to pay the new minimum wage when it is signed into law.”

The organised labour had embarked on the strike after a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government for failing to reconvene meeting to come out with its own figure on the new minimum wage.

The three unions had demanded N65,500 as new minimum wage for workers, while the private employers and some state governors were proposing N25,000.