TheHead of the Civil Service of the Federation Winifred Oyo-Ita has said that theunrealistic demands by the Senior Staff Union members were responsible for thedelay in the implementation of the New National Minimum Wage. Shesaid this at the two-day retreat for top management staff of the Office of theHead of the Civil Service of the Federation, Manpower Development Institutesand Federal Training Centres in Abuja. Theretreat was on the 2017-2020 Federal Civil Service Strategy and ImplementationPlan, meant to drive the transformation of the Nigerian civil service in linewith global standard. She also said that a Presidential Committee on Consequential Adjustment has been set up for smooth execution of the minimum wage and that negotiations were on between the government and the unions.