By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG

LAGOS – LABOUR leaders in the country have been advised to partner with government and other stakeholders in the employment sector to actualise an ideal pay structure that is in consonant with the average cost of living.

A lecturer of Industrial Relations and Public Administration, Lagos State University, Ojo, Professor Olusegun Matanmi, who spoke at the seventh National Labour Relations Summit and Award Ceremony organised by the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, in Ilorin, Kwara State, said this could be achieved through aggressive but constructive productivity bargaining and sustained productivity consciousness.

Speaking on “Consensus-Building in the Context of Minimum Wage Determination: Issues and Challenges,” Prof Matanmi, argued that the International Labour Organisation, ILO, had consistently advocated for a semblance of direct action by member states towards the establishment of wage structure that are legally-binding.