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September 27, 2019
The Federal Government is to reconstitutea committee on the consequential adjustment of wages in the civil service toreflect the new thirty thousand naira minimum wage.
Labour and Employment Minister,Chris Ngige, who announced in Abuja when a delegation of the Nigeria LabourCongress, NLC led by its President, Ayuba Wabba visited him, explained thatreconstituting the team became necessary as Ministers were expected to takeover negotiations from permanent secretaries.
It was learnt that advancenegotiations of the consequential adjustment of the minimum wage from gradelevels seven to seventy, would continue today.
Wabba, who said the Joint Council,has informed the NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC of the deadlock, urged Ngigeto intervene in resolving areas of disagreements.Responding, Ngige said government would involvethe two labour centres in the negotiations going forward to ensure that all thestakeholders are fully carried along