SaharaReporters on Tuesday reported how President Tinubu approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary increase for civil servants on the remaining six consolidated salary structures.
The Nigerian Government under President Bola Tinubu has promised that the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024.
The government said that irrespective of the time the new minimum wage is ready, workers will be paid in arrears from May 1.
The Minister of State Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, stated this on Wednesday while addressing Nigerian workers at the May Day celebration in Abuja.
He revealed that the Tripartite Committee On National Minimum Wage is yet to conclude its negotiations and this is the reason the government did not announce it today (Wednesday).
She said it is regrettable that the new national minimum wage is not ready before today, but that a wide consultation is ongoing to ensure that the document is out together as soon as possible.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have at various times called on the administration of President Bola Tinubu to hasten the upward review of wage awards.
Joe Ajaero, NLC president had also rejected the administration’s 35 percent pay rise for workers in the country.
SaharaReporters on Tuesday reported how President Tinubu approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary increase for civil servants on the remaining six consolidated salary structures.
The six salary structures are the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICCS) and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS).
Reacting to this on Wednesday during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, Ajaero said the last minimum wage of N30,000 expired on April 18 and insisted the new living wage in the country should be N615,000.