Minimum Wage: Again, FG, Public Servants Fail To Reach Agreement

The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) and the Representatives of the Federal Government have again failed to reach an agreement over relativity and consequential adjustment for the implementation of the new minimum wage.
JNPSNC’s General Secretary, Trade Union Side, Alade Lawal, told The Tide’s source that the organised labour will decide on a next line of action towards the issue of the minimum wage, saying in due time, Nigerians would be informed.
“The meeting is deadlocked, we found out that the Federal Government officials are not serious about it at all, we are suspecting fowl play or a hidden agenda somewhere.
“We have decided to report the development to our principals, including the Labour unions, Nigerians will be adequately briefed of our next line of action very shortly.”
Chairman of the Labour team, Simon Anchaver, said labour negotiating team has also resolved to write to the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on their advice to consider an industrial action.
He said government’s foot dragging is an invitation for industrial action, since workers are already engulfed in fear and agitations whether their accumulated arrears will be paid when talks are finally concluded.
The Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, chaired the meeting, and the acting Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, as the Secretary of the negotiating council.