President Muhammadu Buhari has directed theimmediate conclusion of negotiation on the consequential adjustment between thegovernment and the Joint National Public Service Negating Council to ensureimmediate implementation of a new minimum wage. The President also directed the setting up of aPresidential Committee on Salaries and Wages to be saddled with theresponsibility of receiving complaints and reviewing salaries and work scheduleas well as assigning appropriate salaries to different categories of workers The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator ChrisNgige disclosed this when he received the leadership and members of the LabourCorrespondents Association of Nigeria, LACAN in his office in Abuja. Ngige added that the president also directed that atime limit should be set for the conclusion of negotiation between governmentand workers. He said the president was worried the delay inconcluding negotiation, will lead to a huge backlog of arrears that many statesmay not be in a position to pay as the states were waiting for the conclusionof negotiation at the federal level.