Nigeria, May 23 -- The tripartite committee on new minimum wage has adjourned till next Tuesday, May 28 for further deliberation after an agreement was not reached during Wednesday's meeting in Abuja.

The Federal Government, the organised private sector and the organized labour failed to reach a consensus on the new minimum wage at the Wednesday meeting.

It was gathered that the government initially stood its ground on the N54,000 it proposed on Tuesday, citing paucity of funds.

However, the government was forced to propose the sum of N57,000 after the committee took a 30-minute break to make further deliberation.

It was also learnt that at the end of the break, both the government and the OPS proposed the sum of N57,000 as minimum wa...