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September 7, 2019
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA has urged the Federal Government to begin the payment of the national minimum wage to junior workers and those in the low income category while negotiations on consequential salary adjustments are ongoing.
The Association’s Director General, Timothy Olawale who made the plea urged the labour union and the government to come to a concession and reach a ground on the minimum wage negotiations, so that the people on the lower rung of the ladder would not suffer.
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Olawale said if both parties cannotreach an agreement, the government should go ahead and implement minimum wagepayment to junior staff, whenever they reach a decision, the difference can bepaid to those concerned.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC hadearlier warned that the government could no longer hide under prolongeddialogues with workers in the public sector for consequential salary adjustmentto delay the implementation of the new minimum wage.