Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, has said discussion on the national minimum wage will continue on Sunday, the restraining order on organised labour not to embark on strike notwithstanding.
Recall that Justice Sanusi Kado of the National Industrial Court had on Friday ordered the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, not to proceed with their planned nationwide indefinite strike scheduled for November 6.
The order was made pursuant to an ex parte motion moved by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Dayo Apata on behalf of the federal government.
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A statement by the labour Minister on Friday, however, noted that the scheduled meeting between organised Labour, the organised private sector and government scheduled for Sunday was not affected by the ruling.
He said: “The conciliation meeting involving the Organised Labour, the Organised Private Sector and Government scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation by 6 p.m. is still on course and will hold,” adding that it would be followed by another meeting of the National Tripartite Minimum Wage Committee meeting on Monday, November 5 at the same venue.
Ngige called on all who are supposed to be at tripartite meetings to endeavour to attend in the interest of the nation and finding a solution to the minimum wage impasse.