N30,000 minimum wage: FG to inaugurate implementation committee on Tuesday

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.

(NAN)

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