By Raymond Gukas, Jos
The Plateau State Government has indicated that the implementation of the new minimum wage will have to wait a little while.
This position was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner of information, Dan Manjang who denied claims the government was set to implement the wage increase as some few states have begun implementation.
According to him, the payment of the N30,000.00 minimum wage without recourse to negotiations on the consequential adjustments can not be possible as a Committee for that purpose is place.
In the statement, Mr. Manjang denied the fact that he said that “there was no need for any negotiation with any group of persons before the implementation” having earlier said a committee to that effect had been put in place and negotiation was going on. That would amount to double-speak and serious contradiction.”
He maintained that the state government has set up a committee to negotiate with labour about the consequential adjustments as directed by the Federal Government based on the peculiarity, sustainability and capacity of each state.
He reiterated that government was committed to the welfare of its workers.
Mr. Manjang appealed to workers and the unions to remain calm while negotiations are on and pending the recommendation of same.
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