The Organised Labour has given the Federal Government till the end of May 2024 to finalise the process of implementing the new national minimum wage for workers.

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), JOE AJAERO, made the demand in Abuja at this year’s edition of the International Workers Day.

AJAERO said the process of fixing a new national minimum wage was still ongoing and had witnessed robust engagements.

According to him, the labour unions had placed a demand that the new Act would have a two-year life span with an agreement for automatic adjustments in wages any time inflation exceeded 7.5 per cent.

He said the union further demanded that every employer with up to five workers should pay the new minimum wage.

He called for the strengthening of monitoring and compliance mechanisms to penalise non-complying state governments.

According to him, Nigerian workers deserved to have a national minimum wage that approximated to a living wage.