President of the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, says that the Federal Government was operating on
denial over the new minimum wage.
Wabba pointed out that private
sectors wer actually cooperating with the labour unions on the proposed new
wage than the government.
Wabba stated this in Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State on Tuesday during the opening session of the 2018 meeting of the joint
national public service negotiating council.
He stressed that private sectors
pay their workers higher than those in public service.
He said: “Private sectors have
actually displaced the public sector in industrial relation and collective
bargaining role model, our experiences during the negotiations for the new
minimum wage showed that the employers in the private sectors are more
forthcoming and forthright, moving negotiation forward to mutual acceptable
figure, while government continues to live in denial and even stop the
conclusion for the negotiation.
“Private employers remain willing
to sustain industrial relation harmony by supporting positions that will ensure
that workers get appreciable wages increase, while government continues to
politicize our agreement, devoid of genuine interest.”
He added that state governments
still owe salaries, pension and arrears of civil servants despite several
interventions in form of bail-out, Paris club refunds, other initiatives and
budgetary supports.
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