Nigerian government, labor unions agree on new minimum wage

ABUJA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government and the leadership of the country's organized labor on Thursday agreed on a new minimum wage for local workers, ending months of bickering over the welfare of employees in the most populous African country.

The government and representatives of the organized labor decided an over 100 percent increase in the new minimum wage at a meeting led by President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris told reporters after the discussion.