Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila says the federal government is ready to revisit the N70,000 national minimum wage, acknowledging that the figure no longer matches current economic conditions.

He spoke in Abuja at the 2026 Good Governance Summit organized by Working People United, recalling that President Bola Tinubu signed the N70,000 wage into law in July 2024, more than doubling the previous N30,000, and shortened the review cycle from five years to three so pay could track the cost of living more closely.

Gbajabiamila said the 2024 figure now had to be honestly reassessed against present realities, and promised that the government would approach any review as a partner to labor rather than an adversary, stressing that the President meant what he said about fair wages for public servants.

He urged organized labour and the summit’s participants to remain partners in progress and to favor dialogue over disruption, arguing that more was achieved through cooperation than confrontation.

Labour and Employment Minister Mohammad Dingyadi said the true measure of governance lay in how far policies improved livelihoods, productivity and dignity for workers, while Working People United’s national coordinator, Williams Akporeha, said there could be no economy or national development without the working people, describing the gathering as a rare convergence of Nigeria’s productive workforce.