A meeting of the Federal Government and the organised labour called in Abuja on Monday to resolve the disagreement on the implementation of the proposed minimum wage to Nigerian workers failed to achieve a middle ground as labour now looks set to press ahead with its planned three-day warning strike beginning from tomorrow (Wednesday).
Vice-President Namadi Sambo led the Federal Government negotiating team that also included Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, while the acting president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Promise Adewusi, and the President of Trade Union congress (TUC), Peter Esele, led the team from labour to the meeting which took place at the State House, Abuja.
Governor Oshiomhole, a former president of the NLC, who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, pointed out that labour was forced into threatening a strike because of its perceived delay in forwarding the report on the minimum wage to the National Assembly for consideration and approval.
He said Monday’s meeting was to convince labour that the Federal Government was not delaying action unnecessarily just to buy time.
According to him, “Labour gave an ultimatum to the Federal Government to take action on the minimum wage report. They believe and I believe rightly that they didn’t see any action being taken on the report which was submitted in July and that is a long time now.
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