Chris Ngige, minister of labour,
says conciliation on the national minimum wage will continue on Sunday despite
the court injunction restraining organised labour from embarking on strike.
On Friday, the National
Industrial Court had ordered the organised labour not to go ahead with the
nationwide strike scheduled for November 6
Sanusi Kado, a judge, gave the
order in a ruling on an ex parte application moved on behalf of the federal
government by Dayo Apata, solicitor-general of the federation and permanent
secretary, ministry of justice.
“The conciliation meeting
involving the Organised Labour, the Organised Private Sector and Government
scheduled for Sunday, November 4 at the Office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation by 6pm is still on course and will hold,’’ he said
in a statement.
Ngige said this will be followed
by another meeting of the national tripartite minimum wage committee meeting on
Monday, November 5 at the same venue.
The minister appealed to all
tripartite members to attend the meetings in the interest of the nation and
finding a solution to the minimum wage impasse.
While labour demanded an upward
review of the minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000, the federal government
proposed N24,000 while governors suggested N22,500.
Labour rejected the proposals and,
accusing the government of not showing any sign of seriousness to resolve the
workers’ welfare.
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