The NLC’s Deputy President of Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, spoke to newsmen at the end of a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage, where Labour rejected the Federal Government’s fresh offer of N60,000, up from the N57,000 earlier proposed.
The Federal Government added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed.
However, the organised labour, comprising the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress, insisted on N494,000, removing N3,000 from its earlier N497,000 demand.
A leader of the NLC, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he did not have official permission to address the press, said, the meeting ended in a stalemate and meetings have been adjourned sine die.
He emphasised that the Friday deadline remained because Labour gave the government the deadline on May 1, which was when the notice was given to the government on May Day.