Negotiations by Tripartite
Committee on a new National Minimum Wage have run into a stalemate.
This is following the Nigerian
Government stance that it cannot afford more than N25,000 per month.
Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC,
and Organised Private Sector, OPS, have already agreed on a N30,000 minimum
wage per month.
President
of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, in Abuja, yesterday, said that the Tripartite
Committee had completed its assignment for onward submission to President
Muhammadu Buhari.
However, Vanguard reports that
when the tripartite committee resumed sitting last Thursday, the Federal
Government shocked other social partners with its presentation of N21,700.
The Organized Labour had recently
embarked on an industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to
present its figure at previous meeting.
The suspension of the strike was
sequel to government’s reconvening of the committee for last Thursday, October
4 and Friday October 5, respectively.
However, disappointed with the
Federal Government’s figure and sensing its unwillingness to increase the wages
of workers in the midst of crushing economic hardship, organised Labour and OPS
reached an accord, increasing earlier figure of N25,000 to N40,000.
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