The chairman of the Benue State chapter of the Trade Union Congress, Gideon Akaa, has said the union is still dialoguing with the government over the new minimum wage.
Akaa disclosed this on Friday following a spate of rumours that the state government has agreed to pay N40,000 as the new national minimum wage to civil servants instead of the N71,000 signed into law by the president.
He said: “I am not aware of the rumour of N40,000. We held a meeting with the government and the negotiation is still ongoing.
“Nobody has mentioned anything about N40,000 to the best of my knowledge. So, where the rumour is coming from, I do not know. Government has not agreed to pay any amount. We are still negotiating. Once the negotiation is concluded, we will sign an agreement.
“As the negotiation is still ongoing, we have so many figures but we are yet to agree on something. We have N75,000 and N77,000 on the negotiation table.”