The Federal Government will on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurate the N30,000 new national minimum wage implementation committee, almost one month after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill into law.
Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said
this while fielding questions on television concerning the time for payment of
the new wage.
Ngige did not state when the government would start
payment but said that arrears would be paid anytime implementation of the new
wage began.
He said there were still processes and procedures the new
wage would undergo before the commencement of its implementation, even though
it had been passed and signed into law
”It is a whole process and the salary and wages
commission will do its job before implementation,” the minister said.
He said that the committee was made of seven ministers
with the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita as Chairman.
The minister said that those at the lowest cadre of
employment whether in the public or private sector would earn N30,000 as the
law provided.
He said however for the cadre of workers already earning
above the minimum wage, there would be a consequential adjustment from the top.
Ngige added that the relevant agency of government would
soon issue a circular on the expected adjustments.
Meanwhile, Mr Ayuba Wabba, the President of the Nigeria
Labour Congress, has expressed worry over the delay in the commencement of the
implementation of the new wage.
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