The minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has assured Nigerian workers of salary increase next year. The labour minister stated this on Tuesday, December 12, in Awka, the Anambra state capital, Punch reports.
We gathered that Ngige said the various committees handling the minimum wage issue were working to arrive at something.
The minister acknowledged that “minimum wage is a constitutional issue and is in the exclusive list”. He promised that the Buhari-led government’s minimum wage would be better than those of the previous administrations. He said: “The Nigerian workers are entitled to a review of their pay under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The various committees handling this matter are all working hard to realise the objective. Some are at the final stages of their work.”
Ngige also noted that the new minimum wage would be enforceable by workers in both private and public sectors.
-Punch
It shouldn’t be for civil servants alone, NYSC should be equally consider too