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Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, yesterday, dissociated itself from claims by organised labour that the Tripartite Committee onNational Minimum Wage agreed on N30,000.NACCIMA said it only agreed to pay N22,000, adding that even when the Federal Government proposed N24,000, it was not comfortable with it. Consequently, NACCIMA has written to chairman of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage Negotiation Committee, Ms Ama Pepple, denying ever accepting to pay N30,000 as the new minimum wage.The letter addressed to Ms. Pepple, and signed by Dr. M. F. Dankaka, President, Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture and representative of NACCIMA in the tripartite committee, read: “We refer to the media reports on the above stated national minimum wage figure and the proposed industrial actions by organised labour over a misconceived ‘agreement’ on the sum of N30,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.“We were perplexed to learn that the sum/agreement was an outcome of the workings of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, which we are a member.“At no time did NACCIMA agree to such a figure. Rather, thelast figure offered by us as part of the organised private sector, OPS, was N22,000 and negotiation was still ongoingfor the meeting to arrive at a consensus and not by moving a motion.“We did not also authorise the representatives of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, to speak on our behalf. Recall that our members constitute about 50 percent of the employers in the OPS.“Conversely, we do not want to speak for the thousands of employers in the informal economy whose voices have not been heard.”It was however gathered that Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, had at its meeting yesterday, agreed to pay N22,500, insisting that the N24,000 proposal by the Federal Government was high.It was further gathered that the government was contemplating stepping up the amount to ensure harmonious relationship with the workers.At press time, NGF was still meeting at its headquarters in Abuja to conclude and agree on an acceptable figure. The NGF was expected to meet with Economic Management Team, EMT, chaired by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, by 8pm yesterday on its final resolution.Recall that organised labour has threatened to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike with effect from November 6,unless the government accepted and commenced payment of the negotiated N30, 000. It claimed that the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage had since completed its assignment for onward submission of its report to President Muhammadu Buhari. But the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had said that the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage was yet to conclude negotiation on the agreed figure.
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Restructure the 36 States and you have productivity bargaining and related wages and remuneration structure.
Meanwhile, the Governments and the Unions are just being mischievous.

orisa37:
Restructure the 36 States and you have productivity bargaining and related wages and remuneration structure.
Meanwhile, the Governments and the Unions are just being mischievous.

Haven't you heard the issue of restructuring was fought to the supreme court with unfavourable conclusion.

Why not proper solutions like NASS salary and spending be pruned down..............let them be earning salary of a director in the federal civil service.

How many bills have they passed to improve the lives of Nigerians.........they should be earning sitting allowance

justfash50:
Haven't you heard the issue of restructuring was fought to the supreme court with unfavourable conclusion.

Why not proper solutions like NASS salary and spending be pruned down..............let them be earning salary of a director in the federal civil service.

How many bills have they passed to improve the lives of Nigerians.........they should be earning sitting allowance

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Only God judges those sharing MEAT with their Teeth.

orisa37:
Restructure the 36 States and you have productivity bargaining and related wages and remuneration structure.
Meanwhile, the Governments and the Unions are just being mischievous.

Restructuring to the 36 states won't still solve a problem

Kaduna would still have a problem ,taraba, jos and the rest

We need to have states along tribe line then restructure to those states

Whether they like it or not, they must pay. If they cannot pay it, they should resign

mrvitalis:
Restructuring to the 36 states won't still solve a problem

Kaduna would still have a problem ,taraba, jos and the rest

We need to have states along tribe line then restructure to those states

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It is constitutional to restructure now along the present constitutional 36 States. That will be legal, unchallengeable and Nigerian.
Tribal line restructure will be unnigerian and illegal.