The Federal Government on Wednesday
approved a 29-member tripartite committee
on a new minimum wage being clamoured for
by the workers.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris
Ngige, disclosed this to State House
correspondents at the end of the weekly
meeting of the Federal Executive Council
presided over by the Acting President, Prof.
Yemi Osinbajo.
Ngige said the approval came after an
extensive deliberation on the report of a
technical committee on the issue, which he
chaired.
“The matter needs to be thrashed out by all
stakeholders, because already, employers
under the umbrella of the Nigeria Employers’
Consultative Association have rejected the
N56,000 minimum wage proposal,” the
minister said.
The tripartite committee will be chaired by a
seasoned technocrat appointed by the Federal
Government, which will also nominate five of
the members, while six state governors will
also be members.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning,
Udo Udoma, said the 2017 Appropriation Bill,
which the National Assembly transmitted to
the Executive last Friday, was still undergoing
analysis.
Udoma explained that at the end of the
analysis being carried out by all ministers,
recommendations would be made to the
President.
“When the budget is approved, we first
analyse it, review it and then make our
recommendations to the President. We are
working hard, we are still in the analysing
process and getting inputs from the
ministers,” he said.
The minister described the Gross Domestic
Product figures released by the National
Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday as
encouraging and an indication that the
government’s interventions were working.
“This is the best figure released in four
quarters and there is still enough time to
make more efforts to stimulate the economy,”
Udoma stated.
He said the government would continue with
the implementation of the Economic Recovery
and Growth Plan.
Udoma added, “We believe that the
interventions we are making and the steps we
are taking are in the right direction.
“The results that were released were for one
quarter. There are still three quarters and we
have enough time to do better; we will work
hard to continue to stimulate the economy to
meet our target.”
The Minister of Interior, Abdurahman
Danbazzau, said Osinbajo directed that a
proposal for the decongestion and expansion
of prisons as well as the establishment of six
‘half-way houses’ across the country be
presented to the National Economic Council
for more inputs.
He noted that some of the prisons in the
country were 100 years old, adding that
deplorable prison conditions were worsened
by the fact that 70 per cent of inmates were
awaiting trial, while five per cent of the
remainder were on death row.

source: https://peternewsonline..co.ke/2017/05/good-news-fg-okays-29-member-panel-on-n.html?m=1

CC: lalasticlala

;DD

Finally it seems there's a glimpse of hope for workers. .
But I will not be too excited until it becomes a binding law. Cos this government is full of "wiliwili"

CC: Lalasticlala

will it go round I mean general upgrade of salaries?