Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Meet, Fix October 15 to Conclude Talks via thisdaylive
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Wednesday met with members of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council ; the leadership of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labour Congress to break the stalemate over the consequential adjustment of the new National Minimum Wage.
It was resolved that each group should hold further meetings to sort out all outstanding disagreements before a high-level conclusive meeting to wrap up all discussions, paving the way for an equable implementation of the Consequential Adjustment of the Minimum Wage scheduled for Tuesday, 15th October, 2019.
Those in attendance were the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed; Minister of State, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba; Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo ; Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi- Esan; Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; acting Chairman, National Salaries Income and Wages Commission Ekpo Nta, and the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.
On October 7, labour leaders issued an ultimatum, warning that economic activities would be shut down on October 16, if the federal government failed to reconvene a meeting of the committee on consequential adjustments.
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