The National Salaries, In
comes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) last Thursday said it was working out modalities to ensure salary parity across board.
The Chairman NSIWC, Chief  Richard Egbule,  made the disclosure in Abuja when the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service visited the commission as part of its oversight function.
Egbule, who described the process as a comprehensive job evaluation and pay comparability, said the system would ensure equal salaries across board.
He said the computation would take about two to three years to be completed, adding that the salary harmonisation would engender respect and productivity.
According to him, the salary harmonisation would start with the health and education sectors, which he, described as the most sensitive sectors in Nigeria.
“We need job evaluation to get a salary structure that somebody can now say if I am on this grade level and any other person on same level should be on that amount which is our target.
“At the moment we are working on the strategic document, we intend to start with the health and education sectors which are the most turbulent sectors in the country,’’ he said.
The chairman identified one of the challenges of the commission as lack of office accommodation, pleading with the legislative arm to assist them in acquiring a more befitting office accommodation.
According to him, the commission’s staff are scattered all over the secretariat and that they need to be accommodated in one place for efficient performance.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee, Sen. Aloysius Etok, urged the commission to seek the assistance of the Head of Service of the Federation for adequate office accommodation.
Etok said that  housing the workers in different places had induced breaks in communication and coordination.
He said also that the acquisition of a permanent structure by the commission would save lot of funds.