…Tripartite committee meets on consequential adjustment
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeruka Onyejeocha, has assured that the template for the new national minimum wage will be released once it is finalized.
Onyejeocha explained that a tripartite committee, consisting of representatives from organized labour, the private sector, and the government, is scheduled to meet with the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to finalise the adjustments related to the new wage.
She made this announcement on Friday during a town hall meeting organized by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja.
The minister, who said that the federal government should not take responsibility for the delay in payment of the new minimum wage as a result of the failure of labour to finalise the consequential adjustment, however, said there was hope as separate meetings were ongoing by the government and the tripartite committee.
She said: “As we speak there’s a meeting on the government side this morning on the new minimum wage and consequential adjustment and by 2 pm, the tripartite are meeting with the Head of Service. Once they get what we are supposed to pay they will start paying.
“We will not take responsibility for why the figures have to delay because, on the day we pass it, they are supposed to have gone ahead to constitute the committee and then have a figure because it doesn’t take rocket science to have figures of what we should give. So I believe that one is something that will happen as soon as possible.”
The minister emphasized that the ministry’s responsibility is to ensure decent work in all sectors of the economy and maintain industrial peace and harmony in workplaces across the nation.
This is essential for national growth and development to achieve the goals outlined in the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
She said: “I therefore make no excuses as this Government of APC is determined and committed to tackling headlong all socio-economic ills that have troubled our nation and we shall by the grace of God Almighty evolve solutions to emerging threats to our well-being as a nation.
“Recognising this, the federal government has sought and continues to seek to collaborate with policymakers, in this case, both employers and workers representatives who make development possible by generating and sustaining the momentum so that we together can attain enviable heights of progress in our beloved country.”
The Nation
