FG’s Advisory Committee Not Relevant To Minumum Wage Agreement- NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the Federal Government’s Advisory Committee has no relevance to the new National Minimum Wage agreement.
NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, who spoke in an interview with newsmen yesterday in Abuja, said the committee had no bearing with the agreement reached on the minimum wage.
President Muhamamdu Buhari had last Wednesday inaugurated a Technical Advisory Committee on the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage and reiterated his commitment to its payment.
He said the committee would recommend “modalities for the implementation of the new minimum wage in such a manner as to minimise its inflationary impact, as well as ensure that its introduction does not lead to job losses’’.
“The work of this technical committee will be the basis of a Finance Bill which will be submitted to the National Assembly, alongside the Minimum Wage Bill,’’ he added.
According to Wabba, the Advisory Committee on minimum wage has no bearing with the agreement reached on the minimum wage.
“The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige had told us that the committee was an internal process of the Federal Government.
“ I think it is their own way of facilitating and mobilising their own resources for the implementation and also making sure that nothing is left undone and we do not have any problem with that.”