Talks to resolve the standoff over the national new minimum wage will continue next week.
Details of Thursday’s meeting were not fully disclosed but both the federal government and organised labour seemed to be in agreement about the need to continue talks ahead of a possible resolution.
President Tinubu welcomed leaders of organised labour that has held the government at its jugular for foot dragging in implementing the new national minimum wage.
He hopes this meeting will stave-off another national shutdown and give him time to consult with the governors, local government and other wage paying institutions.
The federal Government had proposed 62 thousand as minimum wage while organised labour proposed 250 thousand naira.
But, Contrary to expectations, this meeting was not to negotiate a new national minimum wage, it was basically to compare notes and set the stage for another round of talks.
The leaders of Organised labour are rather optimistic about the potential of holding talks with the President.
But they also clearly say their insistence on 250 thousand naira as minimum wage has not changed, neither has the government proposed a new offer.
The meeting between organised labour and President Tinubu will reconvene next week, it remains to be seen who will shift grounds as organised labour and the federal government stick to their guns.
