The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, says the Federal Government is committed to improving the welfare and wages of doctors, nurses and other health workers in the country.

The minister, however, said the current administration cannot promise an “impossible” wage that it can’t afford.

The health minister’s comment comes hours after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) stepped down a minimum wage review memo to allow for more consultations.

In his Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024, President BOLA TINUBU assured the Organised Labour that an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers would soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage.

The President is expected to make a decision on the ₦62,000 proposal of the government and private sector side; and Labour’s ₦250,000 demand.