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President Bola Tinubu is set to meet with the leadership of the Organised Labour in continuation of discussions on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the issue of the new minimum wage was also discussed during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday.

Idris said the President will meet with the Labour leaders “to finalise their thoughts and then he will make his informed decision known to Nigerians by also sending it to the National Assembly”.

He said the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has been directed to come up with a proposal for an Amendment Act to the 2024 Appropriation Act to be sent to the National Assembly.

Last Thursday, the President met with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; and his counterpart at the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, at the State House in Abuja.

At the end of the meeting, the President called for realistic expectations as regards minimum wage. “You have to cut your coat according to available cloth. Before we can finalise the minimum wage process, we have to look at the structure,” he said.

The President is expected to make a decision on the ₦62,000 proposal of the government and private sector side; as well as the ₦250,000 demand of the Organised Labour. The current minimum wage is ₦30,000.

The meeting is coming about a month after the President said in his Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024, that an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers would soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage.

On June 25, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) chaired by the President stepped down from consideration and deliberation on the memo on the new minimum wage to allow for more engagement with stakeholders.

Two days after, Tinubu and Vice President Kassim Shettima, at the 141st meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), met with governors of the 36 states of the Federation and ministers to deliberate on a new minimum wage for workers.

Hello Nairalanders!

Let's test your wits with 30 fun riddles! See how many you can solve without peeking at the answers. Enjoy!

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1. **Riddle:** I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
**Answer:** An echo.

2. **Riddle:** You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
**Answer:** A candle.

3. **Riddle:** I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but you can't go outside. What am I?
**Answer:** A keyboard.

4. **Riddle:** The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
**Answer:** Darkness.

5. **Riddle:** What has to be broken before you can use it?
**Answer:** An egg.

6. **Riddle:** I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
**Answer:** A candle.

7. **Riddle:** What month of the year has 28 days?
**Answer:** All of them.

8. **Riddle:** What is full of holes but still holds water?
**Answer:** A sponge.

9. **Riddle:** What question can you never answer yes to?
**Answer:** Are you asleep yet?

10. **Riddle:** What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
**Answer:** The future.

11. **Riddle:** There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
**Answer:** There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.

12. **Riddle:** What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
**Answer:** A promise.

13. **Riddle:** What goes up but never comes down?
**Answer:** Your age.

14. **Riddle:** A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
**Answer:** He was bald.

15. **Riddle:** What gets wet while drying?
**Answer:** A towel.

16. **Riddle:** What can you keep after giving to someone?
**Answer:** Your word.

17. **Riddle:** I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
**Answer:** A barber.

18. **Riddle:** You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
**Answer:** All the people were married.

19. **Riddle:** You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
**Answer:** The match.

20. **Riddle:** A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?
**Answer:** He was born on February 29.

21. **Riddle:** I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
**Answer:** A bank.

22. **Riddle:** What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
**Answer:** An echo.

23. **Riddle:** The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
**Answer:** Footsteps.

24. **Riddle:** David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
**Answer:** David.

25. **Riddle:** I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
**Answer:** Your shadow.

26. **Riddle:** What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
**Answer:** A piano.

27. **Riddle:** What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
**Answer:** Your right elbow.

28. **Riddle:** What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
**Answer:** Silence.

29. **Riddle:** What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
**Answer:** A fence.

30. **Riddle:** What can fill a room but takes up no space?
**Answer:** Light.

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