The Nigerian federal government has asked representatives from organized labor to attend a tripartite committee meeting to discuss the new minimum wage on Friday, May 31st.
The letter, signed by the Committee Secretary Ekpo Nta, was sent to the leaders of both the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), inviting them to a tripartite committee meeting on Friday.
This invitation follows previous unsuccessful negotiations.
The upcoming meeting will mark the seventh in the series of meetings by the committee, as members work towards reaching an agreement on the new minimum wage.
Earlier meetings on Tuesday failed to produce a consensus, underscoring the ongoing challenges as Organized Labour rejected the ₦60,000 offer by the federal government.
For months, there has been a significant gap between the proposed figures from the labor unions and the federal government.
Initially, labor demanded a substantial increase to ₦615,000, but they have since revised their request twice, most recently to ₦494,000.
On the other hand, the government and the private sector offered significantly lower figures, beginning at ₦48,000 and ₦54,000 respectively, which were promptly rejected by labor.
Negotiations over a new minimum wage remain at a standstill as the May 31st deadline approaches.
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