The Federal Government announced plans for continuous engagement with organized labor, stating it will not wait for tensions to arise before initiating discussions.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the remarks following a meeting with labor leaders at the Secretary to the Government of the Federation's office.

Fielding questions whether the meeting with the Labour had anything to do with minimum wage, the Minister said, "These are just general discussions. Government is always desirous of engaging with labour, this is one of such engagements. We will continue to interact with them. We don't wait until there is tension about anything before we engage Labour.

"This is a renewed commitment on behalf of government to continue to engage labour on a number of issues. These engagements have been very fruitful and we will continue to engage with them."

Asked what the subject was, Idris said "a lot of things were discussed. But like I said, this is work in progress, this is something that isn't a one-off thing, but we have not reached anything that we think that we can tell Nigerians now, but what is more important is that, there is going to be continuous engagement between us and labour for the good of the country."

Further asked if the meeting had to do with the recent hike in fuel price, he said "this is our continuous engagement with labour for the good of the country. You know that Labour is an important component of this country, all of them are our brothers and sisters. Government is there for everyone, including labour, so we will continue to engage labour for the good of the country."