President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with representatives of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the disagreement between the organised labour and state governors on the proposed N30,000 minimum wage.
Although
the meeting was brief reporters covering the State House were barred from the
meeting even as the governors declined to comment on the outcome of their
meeting.
Some
of the Governors spotted at Aso Rock by our correspondent included the Chairman
of the forum and Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari, that of Lagos,
Akinwumi Ambode, Bauchi, Atiku Bagudu among others.
Recall
that controversies over a new National Minimum Wage has lingered for quite some
time with the Federal and State governments still divided on how to go about
its implementation.
While
the Federal government had initially settled for N24,000 states had insisted
they can't go beyond N22, 500 but pressures from the organised Labour
comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and United Labour
Congress had compelled the presidency to settled for N30,000 in order to avert
a proposed strike by the unions.
Recently
the Nigerian Governors Forum met in Abuja, the nation's capital where they
threatened to sack workers in their employ if they must abide by the N30,000 a
development Labour kicked against.
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