Most Govs in review committee not paying minimum wage- Ajaero


The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero said most governors of the 37-Member Tripartite Committee On Minimum Wage are not complying with the proposed base pay structure.

Ajaero stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.

Recall that Vice President Kashim Shettima had inaugurated the committee in Abuja earlier on Tuesday, saying the decision was aimed at ensuring a decent living wage and in compliance with the existing National Minimum Wage Act of 2019 which will expire in a few months from now.

He said said, ”Most of the governors in the minimum wage committee are those who are not paying minimum wage or paying them in breaches.”

”The governors who are in full compliance with the minimum wage are not adequately represented, so whatever made the Federal Government bring in those who are not compliant or compliant in breaches to form the bulk of the membership of the minimum wage committee from the state government that will unfold with time,” he added.

The House of Representatives’ move to amend the National Minimum Wage Act in 2017 for a compulsory review of workers’ remuneration every five years led to the Minimum Wage Act of 2019 signed by former President Muhammadu Buhari.

When sked to name certain states that have failed to implement the minimum wage, Ajaero said, “A state like Zamfara, I don’t know how much Borno and Bauchi are paying, there is a minimum wage law which criminalises the non-compliance of the minimum wage.”

”And the Nigerian state has not tried to enforce these laws, others are just enforcing them in breaches. Take Anambra State for instance, Anambra State pays N30,000 for the least paid. I challenge anybody from Anambra to prove that even a permanent secretary is earning up to N170,000 or N180,000,” he said.

The NLC president still speaking on economic matters as they relate to the country’s dependence on the dollar as its means of transaction said the Federal Government has turned a blind eye to it.

”The issue of the dollarization of the currency is clear and the FG is not doing anything about it.”

He also revealed that the Labour Congress is helpless in solving the issue as this is a policy of the federal government.

Why workers can’t have living wage —NECA
”We are worried about it but there is nothing we can do since the Nigerian government has chosen the dollar as a formal currency that will benchmark all they are doing.,” he said.

Facebook Comments Box
Copyright 2024 ROYAL NEWS. All rights reserved. Digital material on this website, may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from ROYAL NEWS.
 

For Adverts and News/Event Coverage, contact 08061346946, 07030849251. Or email info@royalnews.com.ng

Download ROYAL NEWS app

Html code here! Replace this with any non empty raw html code and that's it.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Subscribe

Popular News

Latest News

More like this
Related

US-Nigerian cardiologist, Dr. Ikenna Erinne commits suicide [READ DETAILS]

A 36-year-old United States-based Nigerian cardiologist, Ikenna Erinne, has...

Court sends Ex-NHIS boss, Usman Yusuf, to prison over alleged fraud

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory...

KGHA restricts foreigners’ direct access to cashew farmers

Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the...

Abuse of power: Call IGP Egbetokun to order, CSO tells Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has been called upon to immediately...

NiMet Predicts Early Onset of Rainfall In Southern States

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted an early...

Senate invokes constitutional power, sacks Adamawa, Sokoto, Abia RECs

Senate, on Wednesday, invoked Section 157(1) of the 1999...

(UPDATED) Only peaceful co-existence among religious groups can foster nat’l dev–Dr. Sholagberu

...urge Muslims to unite irrespective of their sect beliefs The...

I’m extremely proud of your achievements, Emir Sulu-Gambari tells new UNILORIN Professors

The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional...

Suspected fraudsters disguised as assassins to defraud journalist, demand N20 million as saving grace

Suspected fraudsters disguising as assassins have threatened to eliminate...

Dangote Cement to pay N40.39bn tax in Q1

Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Plc (DCP) is expected to pay...

21 Released Chibok Girls Return to School

Suspected Boko Haram members apprehended by troops of...

Herdsmen under threat for rapping septuagenarian in Ore

Some Fulani Herdsmen were suspected to have raped a...

NSCDC warn officers against careless handling of firearms during elections

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in...

Some selected pictures from Ilorin Emirate Youths Empowerment Programme

The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association (IEYDA) on Saturday...

Nda-Isaiah: We lost a quitessential, patriotic media guru – Yahaya Bello

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has described the death...

Kebbi varsity gets N428.4million academic earned allowance

AUTHORITY of the Kebbi State University of Science and...

Buhari departs for Abuja from Daura

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed his country home in...

(PHOTOS) NLC Protest: Mammoth crowd hit Abuja streets over hardship

Our correspondent has gathered that the nationwide protest scheduled...

Families await release of Dasuki after 4yrs of incarceration

In a unanimous judgement, justices of the Court of...