Organised labour, yesterday, said there was no going
back on the strike planned to hold anytime after the Wednesday, October
16, deadline issued to the Federal Government to finalise discussion on
the full implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage.
It therefore called on workers and other Nigerians to prepare themselves ahead of the strike which it said would be total.
The caution is coming on the heels of today’s meeting scheduled by
the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, with the
leadership of the labour movement.
At the last meeting with labour, the minister had fixed Tuesday for
the resumption of the negotiation, which was allegedly frustrated by the
government.
Labour has, however, said any meeting called by the minister outside
the negotiation committee would be treated as informal, and no decision
could be taken from such meeting.
Meanwhile Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday placed members on
standby for the planned strike , directing state councils to prepare
for strike on October 16, if negotiations with government tomorrow
breaks down again.
In a circular to state councils, signed by its general secretary, Mr.
Emmanuel Ugboaja, NLC said this was a notice in case the proposed
negotiations of October15 with the Federal Government broke down.
“You will recall that a joint communiqué was issued by the NLC, Trade
Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating
Committee (JNPSNC) stating that, two weeks from the date of the said
communiqué, industrial harmony could not be guaranteed in the country,
should an agreement not be reached with the Federal Government on the
consequential adjustment of salaries as a result of the new national
minimum wage of N30,000.
“You are hereby directed to coordinate preparations with TUC and
JNPSNC in your states for necessary industrial action, should the time
expire without an agreement, as contained in the circular.’’
Organised labour had demanded 29 per cent salary increase for
officers on salary level 07 to 14 and 24 per cent adjustment for
officers on salary grade level 15 to 17.
The Federal Government had, however, presented a proposal of 11 per
cent salary increase for officers on grade level 07 to14 and 6.5 per
cent adjustment for workers of grade level 15 to 17.
Implementation of the new wage has remained a problem, arising from the issue of relativity and adjustments.
On May 14, the Federal Government inaugurated the relativity and
consequential adjustment committee, which in turn set up a technical
sub-committee to work out a template for the adjustment of salaries of
public service employees.
However, government and labour have failed to reach an agreement over
relativity and consequential adjustments for the implementation of the
new minimum wage more than six months after it was signed into law.
A member of the negotiation committee who attended last week’s
meeting with the minister, told Daily Sun that government was ready to
add to the percentage it was presently offering, perhaps 5 per cent, at
Tuesday’s ommittee meeting.
He also noted that the minister had pleaded with organised labour to
accept whatever government was offering and not go ahead with the
proposed strike.
Meanwhile the secretary of the Joint Public Negotiation Council, who
is also the secretary general of the Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Alade Bashir Lawal, in a telephone
interview with Daily Sun yesterday, said the mobilisation of workers for
the strike was in top gear.
He said labour would advise Nigerians to get ready for the strike by stocking their homes with food ahead of the planned day.
He recalled that he was in Abuja last week to mobilise all the union
members in the civil service and other agencies: “We are not letting
down our guard, yes, we will attend the meeting with the minister
tomorrow. But all what the minister is doing is serving as a conciliator
between labour and government. For example, he held a separate meeting
with labour and representatives of government.”
Lawal said what labour would listen to the minister and report to the leadership of the labour centres for further directives.
“Whatever figure the government may be coming with, we are not going
to finalise anything with the minister but get back to our leadership
for further consultation. We know all what the minister is doing is
ensure that the strike does not hold, but that can only be if what they
are offering is what our members will accept”, he said.
The secretary maintained that the meeting labour considered very
important would be the Tuesday’s committee’s meeting which would
determined if the strike will go on, adding that the leadership would
not give any further notice should the strike have to go as scheduled.
He listed members of the Committee to include, Minister of Finance,
Minister of Justice, Minister of Education, Director from Ministry of
Budget and National Planning, while Head of Service is the chairman.
The ASCSN scribe added that the strike would cut across both the public and private sector of the economy.
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