BEVERLY HILLS, January 07, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has resumed its meeting with the leadership of the organised labour in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
This development comes three days after a previous gathering aimed at averting a planned nationwide strike by the unions over the new minimum wage.
The parties met for seven hours on Friday but it was inconclusive and both parties agreed to adjourn until Monday.
During its Friday talks at the office of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the meeting ended without any resolution of the dispute, prompting an adjournment of the dialogue till today.
Other government officials that joined Ngige included the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and that of the Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma.
On the other hand, representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour unions were in attendance.
The labour leaders want the Executive to transmit the new minimum wage structure as agreed to by the Presidential Tripartite Committee, to the National Assembly or face fresh industrial action and has declared Tuesday, January 8 as a day of national protest over the issue.
