Minimum wage: Labour warns as FG is set to disappoint workers
•There are indications that the full implementation of the N30 ,000 new minimum wage for civil servants may not take effect this month.
The Chairman of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council , Abdrafiu Adeniji , told our correspondent exclusively that despite President Muhammadu Buhari signing the National Minimum Wage Act into law in April , technicalities surrounding negotiation process might necessitate the first batch of salaries to be paid in arrears .
This came as the Secretary of the JNPSNC , Alade Lawal, warned federal and state governments against the burden of heavy arrears .
According to Adeniji , while the council is ready for negotiation , the Federal Government has yet to come up with the salary table that will kick - start negotiations .
He said , “Negotiation is a technical issue that must be handled well. We have to look at many indices . The government is expected to make its own preparations , specifying what it intends to add to salaries . Eight bodies will eventually meet to conclude the negotiations . If workers cannot get the new salary in May, there is always room for payment of arrears .”
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