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The Tripartite committee on minimum wage has postponed its meeting “sine die”, sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, sine die means a situation, “without any future date being designated (as for resumption): indefinitely.”
Legal choices, a law website also describes sine die as a Latin word used when a law case has no fixed date for resumption.

The Federal Government on Tuesday added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage making it the sum of N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during the meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja.

Organized Labour comprising of the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress also went down by N3,000 from its last proposal of N497,000 during the last minimum wage meeting.

Speaking with our correspondent, one of the sources who is a leader of the NLC said, “The meeting ended in a stalemate and meetings have been adjourned sine die.

The government proposed N60,000 which was not accepted by Labour.”

A member of the Labour side who spoke to our correspondent before the meeting started noted that the organized Labour would only go lower if the government goes higher on its demands.

Speaking with our correspondent, one of the sources who is a leader of the NLC said, “The meeting ended in a stalemate and meetings have been adjourned sine die.

“The government proposed N60,000 which was not accepted by Labour.”

A member of the Labour side who spoke to our correspondent before the meeting started noted that the organized Labour would only go lower if the government goes higher on its demands.


“This is simply a case of if they go higher, we will go lower. They need to propose something reasonable for us to propose something lower too. There is no two-way about it. Also, we have a way of meeting ourselves as of the Labour before each committee meeting. This will help us to take a uniform stand by the time we get to the meeting front. So as long as the government is ready to present something reasonable, we will meet them in the middle,” the Labour leader said.

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Fuel goes up from 145-600 , that's over %400.
Dollar from $500-$1500 , %300.
Why can't they pay workers at least %200?

Why is Tinubu pricing and haggling over the amount to pay as the minimum wage, like market women haggling over the price of crayfish?

They can act swiftly on policies that impoverishes the masses, but keep foot dragging on issues that alleviates their suffering.

I'm really hopeful my distiny helper locate me with a civil service job... I don't even have a salary talk more or less minimum wage... But I really hope it works out well and Nigeria gets better so we can all live a better life

FG has told Labour to do it's worse then....

"Sine die"

Toh

Dj Play me On your mandate by Tinubu featuring agbado

This man has nothing to offer. We knew it. Can tinubu just reduce prices?

The FG and State Govt is being unreasonable to workers. Fuel is between N850 to N1200 now, transport costs has skyrocketed, and they are worried about inflation caused by wage increase? When the inflation is already biting us hard?

That man in the Villa is a destroyer..

Took him one day to destroy the purchasing power of the masses but came and was bargaining 3k adding for minimum wage..

An insult of a leader..

Minimum wage - dollar ----- 33k to 500 ---2017

Minimum wage -dollar------ 90k to 1500 ---2024

Let the above reflect the true reality..

Idiot

Can the masses afford to go on strike? This would end badly.

Sine die! wahala never wear agbada so?

Tired of fooling around...

Lol

Over to labour. Let the holiday begin

Insensitive government

This is what you get when a criminal " snatch, grab and run"

Policies that will be of benefit to the citizens and makes the common man breathe, they suspend indefinitely.

Policies that will give room for corruption and make funds available for looting, it's approved expressly without due process.w

Labour should manage the one they see. I appreciate Tinubu for even taking it from 30K to 60K. If its Buhari govt he won't add more than 10K to the 30K. If you talk Buhari will creat a parallel labour union to weaken the body.

Everybody seems to be ing this labour demands now hmmm. My question is how many percent of Nigerian work force are employed by government? Who will pay people under private sector and SME their own minimum wage?
Are we ready for the kind of hyperinflation that will make what we are currently facing look like child's play this labour proposed minimum wage will cause if approved?

Good morning

Flame333:
That man in the Villa is a destroyer..

Took him one day to destroy the purchasing power of the masses but came and was bargaining 3k adding for minimum wage..

An insult of a leader..

Minimum wage - dollar ----- 33k to 500 ---2017

Minimum wage -dollar------ 90k to 1500 ---2024

Let the above reflect the true reality..

Idiot

(29 May,2024) Trial and Error one year gone.

telleyway:
Fuel goes up from 145-600 , that's over %400.
Dollar from $500-$1500 , %300.
Why can't they pay workers at least %200?

The Organised Labour needs to be very tactical about this, otherwise they lose in the long run as usual.

Labour may decide to settle for 120k/150k with conditions attached as follows:

If the cost of fuel is not reduced to at most 300 Naira within the next 6 months, an upward review of the minimum wage must be done!
&
If the exchange rate does not reduce to at most 500 Naira to 1 USD within 6 months, an upward review of the minimum wage must be done!

LET THE POOR BREATH. DO NOT SUFFOCATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

helinues:
"Sine die"

Toh

Zombie aw far?

Tinubu is doing a great job, you must be really proud of him

The President acts like he's an alien.

KEVIND:
Labour should manage the one they see. I appreciate Tinubu for even taking it from 30K to 60K. If its Buhari govt he won't add more than 10K to the 30K. If you talk Buhari will creat a parallel labour union to weaken the body.

A SUPREMELY dumb thing to say.

NLC should not gree for this calous government. They remove subsidy a year ago and they don't want to pay workers well. Workers they work, politicians dey chop