Textile Employers agree on N32,000 minimum wage.

     Employers in the textile industry and Organized Labour in the sector have reached an agreement to raise the salary of the least paid workers to N32,000 per month to help workers cope with the economic recession.

     National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, which gave this hint in a document endorsed by the President and General Secretary of the union, John Adaji and Issa Aremu respectively,said the increment is about 75 per cent higher than national minimum wage.
     The new wage was agreed upon at the 46th National Collective Agreement.
   The workers’ body also sympathised with employers for harsh operating environment, lamenting that due to the depressed state of the economy, the challenge has been to defend the existing jobs.