Organized Labour on Tuesday warned President Muhammdu Buhari against any attempt to delay the approval of the proposed N30, 000 New Minimum Wage and subsequently sending a bill to that effect to the National Assembly for passage into law.
The President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, Bobboi Kaigama made the call in Abuja while addressing the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the association. He called on the President to fast-tract the whole process of be ready to face the consequence.
“It is apt to state that against all odds, the Tripartite Committee that negotiated the new Minimum Wage was able to scale all hurdles and agreed on N30,000 as the new minimum wage for the country. “It is on this premise that I strongly want to appeal to the Federal Government to fast track the process of enacting the new National Minimum Wage into law.
“Our expectation is that the government should be able to complete the entire process before the end of this year so that workers who have waited for so long can begin to enjoy a new lease of life provided by the new minimum wage.
“The Federal Government is advised to avoid any action that can delay or truncate the process of enacting the new Minimum Wage as the consequences of allowing that to happen can be very devastating.
“This situation has been made worse by the fact that since 2010 when salary review was carried out in the core civil service, no salary increment has been granted to civil servants except for the N900 monthly that was added to the emoluments of senior officers across board after N18,000 was approved as the National Minimum Wage in 2011."
