Fact emerges as X user claims FG has agreed on N155,000 as new minimum wage

• An X user claimed in a post that the federal government had agreed on N155,000 as the new national minimum wage in Nigeria 

• However, fact-checking reveals this claim to be false, with no official agreement reached by the 37-man Tripartite Committee or any party involved in the negotiations 

• President Bola Tinubu’s Tripartite Committee is expected to conclude discussions by March and submit recommendations 

LEGIT NG

A. Ayofe, an X user with the handle, @abdullahayofel, claimed in a post that the federal government has agreed on N155,000 as Nigeria’s new national minimum wage. According to Ayofe, the federal government reached the new minimum wage agreement with the Nigeria Labour Union (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).

He added that the NLC and TUC leaders thanked all the members involved in the negotiations during a press conference.

The post reads: “BREAKING NEWS:- The federal government has agreed on 155k as the new national minimum wage the NLC & TUC chairmans respectively thanked all the members involved in the negotiations in a press conference and urged the federal government and state governments to implement the minimum wage as earlier agreed on more details shortly…

Has FG truly agreed on N155,000 minimum wage? The claim by Ayofe is false.