As part of the last-minute efforts to avert industrial action by the organised labour, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Wednesday met with members of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), including the leadership of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to break the stalemate over the consequential adjustment of the new national minimum wage.
The meeting, which lasted for over two hours, resolved that labour and the government should hold separate meetings to sort out all outstanding disagreements before a high-level conclusive meeting to wrap up all discussions on October 15.
However, despite yesterday’s meeting, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has started mobilising for strike, saying that the partial implementation of the minimum wage for levels one to six officers is a ‘divide-and-rule’ system that would be vehemently opposed by labour. Read more