The Federal Government has attributed delay in the implementation of the “Consequential Adjustment” of the N30, 000 new minimum wage to the unrealistic demands of labour unions. TheChairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Richard Egbule madethis known in an interview with Newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Egbule explained that the current demand of the labour unions would raise the total wage bill too high and that was why government could not accept their proposed salary adjustments. Read This: Emir Of Bauchi Calls For Effective Sensitisation Campaign Hesaid that at the last meeting between the Federal Government and the labourunions, the government proposed a 10 per cent increment for level seven to 14and a 5.5 per cent increase for level 15 to 17. Egbuleadvised labour to come to a compromise because government had so far beenmagnanimous in agreeing to increase salaries without any threat of downsizing. Hereiterated the commission’s commitment to giving sound advice to the governmenton the portion of national income that should be devoted to the payment ofsalaries and wages.