The Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), has scheduled a meeting of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage for tomorrow.
The previous committee meeting on May 31 ended abruptly when the Organised Labour negotiating team walked out, protesting the government and organised private sector’s refusal to raise the offer beyond N60,000.
According to Vanguard, this move suggests that the government is concerned about workers’ compliance and participation in the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike.
The proposed meeting is set to take place at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
Recall that organized labour shut down the nation’s economy on Monday due to the Federal Government’s inability to adopt its proposed national minimum wage.