News Minimum wage: FG, labour to meet Sept 16
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Negotiation between the Federal Government and the Joint National
Public Service Negotiating Council on the new minimum wage has again
been rescheduled for September 16.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that the last negotiation between the government and the JNPSNC was to hold on September 4, but it was suspended.
JNPSN Secretary General, Mr. Alade Lawal, confirmed to NAN on Tuesday
in Lagos that the meeting was rescheduled at the instance of the
officials.
The organised labour and the Federal Government have been in conflict
over the implementation of the new minimum wage, which was signed into
law by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 18.
Negotiation between the government and the JNPSNC, representing
labour in the technical committee set up to negotiate the consequential
adjustment of workers’ salaries as a result of the new minimum wage, had
broken down due to unresolved differences in their proposals.
While the Federal Government proposed 9.5 per cent salary increase
for employees on grade levels 07 to 14 and five per cent for those on
grade levels 15 to 17, labour is demanding 30 per cent increase for
officers on grade levels 07 to 14 and 25 per cent increase for grade
levels 15 to 17.
President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, had told journalists that the
congress would support any position taken by the JNPSN on the new
national minimum wage.