The Federal Government has said it is considering an increase in the national minimum wage to reflect the current economic realities in the country.
This is coming in the wake of the removal of fuel subsidy and the attendant increase in the price of premium motor spirit (petrol) .
President Tinubu, who spoke when he received members of the Progressive Governors Forum led by the Chairman and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, at the Presidential Villa, said that an improved livelihood for Nigerians remained the top priority of his administration.
“We need to do some arithmetic and soul searching on the minimum wage. We will have to take a look at that together, and the revenue. We must strengthen the source and application of our revenue,” Tinubu added.
Meanwhile, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero said the workers’ body would not go back on its decision to withdraw its services should the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fail to reverse the price of PMS to N184 per litre.
The workers’ union had during its emergency National Executive Council meeting in Abuja directed its affiliates, including state councils and industrial unions, to mobilise workers for a nationwide strike and protest if nothing was done by the Federal Government to embrace the status quo as far the price of petrol was concerned.