Labour Interpreted Minimum Wage Increase Wrongly – Ngige
October 11, 2019
2:34 am
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Thursday attributed the challenges being experienced in reaching agreement on full implementation of the new minimum wage increase, caused by the present impasse over the consequential adjustment of the minimum wage for Grade Levels 7 to 17, to the wrong interpretation of the increase by the organised labour.
The minister, while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) who visited him in Abuja, accused labour of interpreting the minimum wage to suit its purpose.
He said: โConsequential adjustment of the minimum wage is the main issue. It …
