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.
Ngige did not state when 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 consequential adjustment
from the top.
Ngige added that the relevant agency of
government would soon issue a circular on the expected adjustments.
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