The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has called
on Nigerians to appeal to the Federal Government to implement the new minimum
wage with adequate consequential adjustments to avoid the looming industrial
crisis.
The organised labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of
the council made the call on following failure to reach an agreement with the
government over non-implementation.
The TUS Acting Chairman, Anchaver
Simon, and Secretary, Alade Lawal, said
in a statement that efforts by the unions to persuade government to implement
the new minimum wage with appropriate consequential adjustment had proved abortive.
They said the TUS had given the government enough time to come to term with
workers’ demand but it appeared that the only language necessary for government
to act was strike.
They said the union would give no further notice to the government before
public servants in the state commence strike over non-implementation of the new
minimum wage and appropriate consequential adjustment.
They said that the Consequential Adjustment Committee had on Sept. 3 agreed
that the proposal of the TUS be forwarded to the president to see the patriotic
position of labour and approve appropriate consequential adjustment accordingly.
Meanwhile, the TUS stated that the Trade Union Congress of Nigerian and the
Nigeria Labour Congress had been briefed on the breakdown of negotiation in
respect of consequential adjustment arising from the new N30,000 monthly
National Minimum Wage.
