The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organized labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000.
The new offer was made barely few hours the Nigerian Governors Forum rejected the N60,000 minimum wage offered to the Labour by the Federal Government.
Already the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage has adjourned as there was no consensus at the meeting.
The organized private sector also backed the government offer of N62,000.