In a bid to avert planned industrial action by organised labour over the delay in the implementation of the recommended new minimum wage; Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige will lead the federal government team, including the Ministers of Finance and that of the National Budget and Planning to a crucial meeting today with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour unions.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige will lead the federal government team, including the Ministers of Finance and that of the National Budget and Planning to a crucial meeting today with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour unions.

The Federal Government negotiation team will also hold another round of discussions with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a bid to resolve their differences and reopen the country’s public tertiary institutions that have been shut down in the past one month.

Organised Labour wants the Federal Government to forward to the National Assembly, a new national minimum wage bill, to allow for review and payment of N30,000 to the least paid worker.

Both parties met on the issue last Friday but it ended inconclusive.