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October 5, 2019
Organised labour has described astatement by the Minister of Labour and Employment  Chris Ngige, that theFederal Government might sack  some workers in the public service shouldlabour insist on having its way on the implementation of the thirty thousandnaira minimum wage as mere blackmail.
The Secretary, Joint National PublicService Negotiating Council Alade Lawal, said that labour would not beintimidated by such threat. He also criticized claim by Ngige that governmentwould require five hundred and eighty billion naira annually to pay workers theminimum wage across board as demanded by labour.
Lawal said the government teamnegotiating the consequential adjustment on minimum wage was yet to reach outto labour to tell them when negotiation would resume. He insisted that labourwould not back down on its percentage increase demand from government forworkers on levels 7-14 and levels 15-17.
A statement issued by Ngige’s SpecialAdviser on Media, Nwachukwu Obidiwe quoted the minister as asking workers tomake some sacrifice for the country.