President BOLA TINUBU has directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, WALE EDUN, to come up with cost Implications on the new minimum wage and present an affordable, sustainable and realistic figure within two days.

President TINUBU gave the directive when he summoned the federal government representatives in the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage.

The President further directed all those involved in the negotiation to expedite action so that everything on the new minimum wage would be concluded as soon as possible.

Those at the meeting with the President were the Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, WALE EDUN, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, ATIKU BAGUDU, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, NKEIRUKA ONYEJEOCHA, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, MOHAMMED IDRIS and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, MELEE KYARI.