NLC accuses FG of evading minimum wage talk

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Ayuba Wabba, President of NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday dismissed as misleading, speculations that talks between it and the Federal Government on new national minimum wage had collapsed.

Comrade Ayuba Wabba, President of the NLC said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, that the talks had not even started.

According to him, the government is foot-dragging on the issue.

He said that the tripartite structure that should consider the modalities for the implementation had not been inaugurated.

“Up til now, the government is still dragging its feet on talks about the minimum wage; the tripartite structure has not been put in place.”

He said that the speculation that talk on minimum wage had collapsed was misleading, adding that the talk had not even started.

“The point we are making is that we have only agreed on the structure, but the…

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