The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Councilhas ordered its state councils to begin negotiations for consequentialadjustment and implementation of the new minimum wage. It was reported that after the Federal Government agreedon consequential adjustments and percentage increase for workers in the Federalcivil service with organised labour. On October 18, the jointnegotiating council in each state is expected to open negotiation withits state government. However, state governments under the auspices of theNigeria Governors Forum, had said that they would only pay according to thefinancial standing of their respective states. The Council’s Chairman Simon Anchaver at a meeting inAbuja noted that the Union has also given state governors December 31,as deadline for implementation of the new minimum wage. According to the chairman, the Union had adopted thederegulated collective bargaining style to ensure that state governments alsonegotiate what they can afford, so long as it was not lower than the 30 thousandnaira benchmark. Also, the Council’s Secretary-General Alade Lawal notedthat the Union had agreed with its state councils to start sending out lettersto state governments, saying negotiations ought to start upon receipt of suchletter.