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Abia State Government has reached agreement with Organised Labour on acceptable modality for the implementation of the new minimum wage, thus averting a looming industrial crisis.
The “amicable agreement” came on the heels of altercations between the Abia State House of Assembly and the State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which had alleged that the House was considering a bill to scuttle local government autonomy.
Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, announced on Tuesday that government and labour resolved their differences after negotiations on Monday, adding that payment of new minimum wage would commence as planned before month end.
However, he said that the payment of the new minimum wage could not start on the 28th day of the month, the usual day for salary payments “because the negotiations ended in the early hours of Monday.
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