A top Labour Official, who pleaded anonymity, hinted that organised labour had shifted its earlier position from 29 per cent to 25 per cent for grade levels seven to 14, while for levels 15 to 17, now 20 per cent, was earlier 24 per cent.
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Ajaero said this in an interview with newsmen during the ongoing negotiations on minimum wage with the Federal Government representatives and organised labour on Tuesday in Abuja.
Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council paid him a courtesy visit in Ikeja.
The Federal Government and labour unions are engaged in a last minute dialogue, to avert a nationwide strike by workers, slated for October 16.
In a circular sent to the state councils, signed by its General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, the NLC said this was a notice in case the proposed negotiations slated for October 15 with the Federal Government broke down.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, commenced dialogue with labour unions again in Abuja on Wednesday as time runs out on a deadline issued by labour for the payment of a new wage approved for workers by the Federal Government.
The Chairmanof Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Ibrahim Sadiq, says his council has effectively begun the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to its workers from October 4.
The Chairman, Enugu State chapter of the Union, Chukwuma Igbokwe, told newsmen in Enugu on Friday that if government listened to Frank, it might spell doom for the country and could precipitate a protracted labour unrest.
One of the civil servant, Zubairu Bello, a Grade Level 10 officer, said he was shocked when he received an alert of N65,500, representing a N25,500 increase from the N40,000 he receives monthly as salary.
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council 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.
Ngige, who made the promise to Labour Writers in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the disagreement was responsible for the delay in the implementation of the new minimum wage.
The governor made the promise on Friday in Lafia while giving account of stewardship of his first 100 days in office.
Kaduna State will implement the new national minimum wage from September 2019, a government statement said on Monday.
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council and representatives of the Federal Government will reconvene on September 4 to continue negotiations on the new national minimum wage.
On April 18, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Minimum Wage Bill into law, to bring relief to hungry Nigerian workers but payment of the new wage has remained a problem, five months after.
The National Conscience Party has urged the Federal Government to do its best to speedily resolve all issues delaying the implementation of N30,000 minimum wage.
A cross section of civil servants in Niger on Thursday decried delay in payment of N30,000 new minimum wage approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking through their National Secretary, Goodluck Nshi, they said an amicable resolution of the disagreement would enable workers and government focus on their primary duties of forging the country forward in view of the enormous challenges.
The Federal Government has attributed delay in the implementation of the “Consequential Adjustment” of the N30, 000 new minimum wage to the unrealistic demands of labour unions.
The chairman made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Tuesday.