The discussions between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council over the N30,000 national minimum wage ended in a deadlock again as both parties refused to shift ground.

A source in the labour movement said after the meeting held on Monday that the representatives of government were not serious.

The PUNCH reported that although Buhari had signed a new minimum wage into law on April 18, 2019, the negotiations between the Federal Government and the JNPSNC had earlier broken down due to unresolved irreconcilable differences in their proposals.

The last negotiation which was supposed to hold on September 4, was suspended on Tuesday last week and rescheduled to hold on Monday September 16 at the instance of the officials.

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, the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria were demanding 30 per cent increase for officers on grade levels 07 to 14 and 25 per cent increase for grade levels 15 to 17.

A labour source said, “We have discovered that the government is not serious at all; a mandate was given to the government side to take the position of labour and government’s team to President Muhammadu Buhari and report back at the meeting.

“But we discovered that they didn’t do it; they are just taking us for a ride. So, we are reporting that the meeting was deadlocked and our next line of action will be to report to our parent unions.”


https://punchng.com/minimum-wage-fg-labour-meeting-end-in-deadlock/

Discussions? What other discussions again? So d so called FG agreement earlier was anoda scam

the ruga master and lie Muhammed na 5&6 always on top of the lie

Buhari is a devil

Ayuba Waba is a joke
What happens to declaring an indefinate strike action?
Spit on this jokers

This government is insincere and insensitive to the plight of it's citizens. But then, what do you expect in a zoo filled with wild animals.

There's appropriation of #5.5b for Vehicles for law makers while 30k minimum wage is a mountain to climb

Anyways, I've lost hope in Nigeria for a few weeks now...

I miss Adams Oshomole.

Tonnexy:
This government is insincere and insensitive to the plight of it's citizens. But then, what do you expect in a zoo filled with wild animals.

Very very insincere....Election is over so back to square one.

B3sty:
I miss Adams Oshomole.

Did he travel or is he not part of this government. That man na real scam

ursullalinda:


Did he travel or is he not part of this government. That man na real scam

Oshomole would have done better as a Labour Union Chairman, Not that Figure Head *Scu*m* of Waba and the 90 Thieves.

Who told u they want to increase minimum wage

Aboks:
the ruga master and lie Muhammed na 5&6
always on top of the lie

please add next level deciet and falsehood

Money that is not even up to 100 dollars. They might never agree to this until buhari leaves office. Greed and wickedness will not let buhari and his cohorts pay civil servants this money. VAT increase took them less than 24 hours to carry out but to pay workers money that is not even enough is a problem to them. Buhari has been and will always be a disaster.

so dem never negotiate finish .... but to increase VAT easy dem.. God dey

For a meagre 30k sum but you guys have 5.5 billion for luxury cars that you can already afford. Allowance for hardship that you are not in

A highly insensitive government. Every other thing is on the increase, everything except the money to buy the goods.

most of these governors are thieves

NaijaRoyalty:
When the wicked rules, the people suffers .

just as PDP made the minimum wage so big that the people were rejoicing for 16 years. wailing without sense

NLC and all other trade unions in Nigeria are daft, all they pressure Government for is settlement. VAT increment without consultation, no noise from NLC because they are waiting for an imaginary 30k minimum wage. If at all there would be an increment, it would be some months to 2023 general elections.

The so called 'holy' bubu lied to Nigerians about the minimum wage yet he's fighting corruption

Strike loading..

this is embarrassing ordinary 30k is now proven to be rocket science. seems the problem is caused by those receiving large salaries

but the basards in govt approved the 7% vat increase in less than 2 days. 30k minimum wage is taking forever.

wicked souls.

To raise vat to 7.2% needs no meeting, no argument, no deliberation.

Please someone tell me they have started paying the 30,000 naira minimum wage.

As usual after giving them one bag each

Those who voted this devilish Government into power, Unah Cup go full

ok