The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association, known as NECA, is standing firm on one thing: any conversation about the national minimum wage must go through the proper channels. As a key member of the Organised Private Sector, NECA is pushing for the recognised tripartite process, which brings together employers, workers, and government at the same table.
The association's position leans heavily on International Labour Organization standards, frameworks that exist precisely to make sure wage decisions are fair, structured, and backed by all the parties who will actually live with the outcome.
With minimum wage debates heating up across Nigeria, the question now is whether all sides will agree to sit down together before a number is announced.
Originally published by BusinessDay.