tunsho4u: There are indications that the full implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage for civil servants may not take effect this month.
The Chairman of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, Abdrafiu Adeniji, told our correspondent exclusively that despite President Muhammadu Buhari signing the National Minimum Wage Act into law in April, technicalities surrounding negotiation process might necessitate the first batch of salaries to be paid in arrears.
This came as the Secretary of the JNPSNC, Alade Lawal, warned federal and state governments against the burden of heavy arrears.
According to Adeniji, while the council is ready for negotiation, the Federal Government has yet to come up with the salary table that will kick-start negotiations.
He said, “Negotiation is a technical issue that must be handled well. We have to look at many indices. The government is expected to make its own preparations, specifying what it intends to add to salaries. Eight bodies will eventually meet to conclude the negotiations. If workers cannot get the new salary in May, there is always room for payment of arrears.”
Lawal, who is coordinating negotiations on behalf of workers, warned government of the danger in delaying negotiations with labour.
He recalled that the last negotiations when the minimum wage was raised to N18,000 was poorly handled, adding that the JNPSNC would negotiate the best deal for workers this time round.
He said, “Now that the minimum wage has been signed into law, the next stage is for the government to open negotiations with the JNPSNC on the relativity and consequential adjustment in the new salary. The minimum salary in the civil service before was 18,900 when the minimum wage was N18,000; you can pay higher but not lower. The only thing that has been agreed now is the new law which specified N30,000. But what we have not known is what salary workers from level one to level 17 will take home. “Government cannot just throw a figure at us by a fiat. We have written a letter to the Office of the Head of Service and copied the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and office of the Salaries, Income and Wages Commission to tell them to set up a body that will start the negotiations.
“On Thursday we sent a reminder to them. We have not heard anything concrete from the letter but we hope to put more pressure on government to ensure that the process is completed quickly. If you leave government at its pace, things might not be done as fast as expected.
It is only when that is done that Salaries, Income and Wages Commission will issue an enabling circular. After that we can talk of what workers will take home according to grade levels. We wonder what is delaying this.
“Workers are apprehensive. They are expecting increased salaries even though they may not fully understand the process. Government nonetheless need not drag the issue because the quantum arrears to be paid will be too heavy. We expect government to do something in the next few days.”
Lawal added that the negotiating body would be headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, with the Head of Service, Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Ministry of Finance, Budget Office, Accountant General Office and organised labour, which will be represented by officials of the JNPSNC.
He said, “The last negotiation was bungled when the minimum wage was raised to N18,000 because N900 was added to salaries across board. We are trying to avoid that. We presented a table then with the financial cost being N55bn monthly but they said the money was too much. Those who handled the negotiation eventually agreed on N11bn.
“The number of employees in the public service including the security agencies, universities and polytechnic then was around 950,000.They now shared the money with everyone getting N900 salary addition. That was the error at the time.
“We have already presented a table to the government. We are not going to be rigid with the government during negotiations but we will not accept ridiculous relativity.”
Efforts made by our correspondent to reach the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, for comments were unsuccessful.
A source at the office, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The Permanent Secretary is the one that handles all meetings with the JNPSNC. She handles labour issues. She is not around now. Secondly, the Head of Service is not around too. I do not know when they will be around.”
Asked if he was aware of a copy of the letter submitted to the SGF office by the JNPSNC, the Director of Communication at the office, Willie Bassey, told our correspondent that he was not aware of the letter.
PeterOnu: A foremost Civil Society Coalition has hailed the passage of a Bill for an Act to extend the retirement age of teachers in Nigeria, commending the National Assembly, Minister of Education Prof. Adamu Adamu, the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono, the sponsor of the bill Honourable Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya, representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency and the Nigeria Union of Teachers(NUT) who have always been in the fore front of the struggle and have never failed in drawing the attention of the Federal Government and educating Nigerians of the importance of the bill for their support.
In a statement issued by the Joint Action Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, which was signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Isaac Ikpa, the 11 groups under the coalition urged President Buhari to assent to the Bill with the same urgency he treated the Minimum Wage Act.
"This is in view of the importance of the bill and the place of education in the present administration of President Buhari.
"We are glad that there have been a high level commitment of the President Buhari-led Federal Government as the Government, represented by the Minister of education, Adamu Adamu, was deeply involved during the public hearing on the bill sponsored by Honourable Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya, representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency.
The bill which seeks to increase the retirement age for Teachers /education officers from 60 to 65 years as incentive for better performance which Teachers at tertiary level are already enjoying the incremental age, so why discriminate against the foundational level which is more important and the bedrock of development of any society. The bill will also revolutionize the education sector at the grassroots level as early retirement of teachers have been robbing the education sector of needed experience.
"It is generally accepted that most of our teachers get retired at the age they still have a lot to offer.
"Most of them often got employed by private schools operators who are always eager to harvest their wealth of knowledge as we all know that older the teachers are more patient in attending to educational needs of pupils and students.
"As a coalition with special interest in the education sector, we therefore urge Mr. President, who himself is a father that have deep understanding of the need for quality education for our children, to immediately assent to the bill on arrival for immediate implementation", the coalition stated.
Civil servants urge government to begin negotiation for new salary structure By Gloria Ehiaghe 07 May 2019 | 4:12 am
The Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), has called on the Federal Government to kick-start negotiation with the Joint Council on the issue of consequential adjustments and produce a fresh salary structure in line with the new national minimum wage.
Chairman of the TUS, Abdrafiu Adeniji, and Secretary, Alade Lawal, emphasised that now that the N30,000 monthly minimum wage bill has been signed into law, millions of workers especially civil servants, were hopeful that implementation of the new salaries would commence immediately.
According to the labour leaders, the normal practice is that once a new minimum wage is fixed, a fresh salary table is generated so that employees in all Salary Grade Levels (SGLs) will benefit from the new emoluments.
According to the TUS, the generation of a fresh salary table in line with the new minimum wage would also prevent distortion and overlapping.
The TUS recalled that after the 2011 National Minimum Wage was fixed, the consequential adjustment was not properly handled.
“Instead, the Government decided to award N900 across board for all the other grade levels in the civil service thereby distorting the salary chart. This led to a lot of crisis, a scenario that should not be allowed to repeat itself this time around.
“The Government should not continue to generate avoidable crisis in the civil service and this is why we are now urging it to do the needful by urgently inviting the Joint Council with a view to commencing negotiation on a new salary table that will meet the aspirations of workers.
“This is the standard practice all over the world and Nigeria should not be an exception,” the union stated.
They posited that once a new salary table was generated, it would help to maintain the current relativity among all grades in the civil service, as well as go a long way to assist the state governments to have a seamless implementation of the new minimum wage and where negotiation will be required at all, it will be a minor exercise
It looks more like minimum wage implementation will take effect any month after August while some states will begin theirs from 2020.
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Poorboy: What's the calculations if a minimum wage is added, if someone earn now 99k and minimum wage moves to 42k from the present 18k what is the expected salary of the person earning 99k now?
benadebank: Does the new minimum wage increase the salary of military and paramilitary in nigeria? And how is it calculated?
If your Agency got 18k minimum wage increase in 2011 it will definitely be applicable to you.So, the question is was there any increment for your Agency in 2011
innerkonsult1: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Ayuba Wabba, has warned the Federal Government against any attempt or means to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT). Wabba, represented by NLC Deputy National President and President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr. Nasiru Idris and Ibrahim Walama, stated this yesterday at the 11th state delegates’ congresses of Kano and Kaduna chapters of the NLC. He vowed that any move by government to mull such policy would be rejected. He also urged immediate implementation of new minimum wage of N30,000. In a related vein, experts at the ongoing yearly conference of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) have urged the Federal Government to tread cautiously in its plan to increase VAT, urging it to look into expanding its tax base to the informal sector. The experts, who spoke yesterday in Abuja, said the informal and electronic sector still remained untapped and it could triple the current VAT collection. A tax expert, J. K. Eniayeju, the past president of CITN, said that increase in VAT at the present time would send an uproar to the business community and it would have a negative effect on Nigeria’s economy. But the Executive Director of the Kano State Inland Revenue Service, Sani Abdulkadri Dambo, said the issue of VAT increment must be give and take wherein the consumption income tax and the company income tax are reduced and the VAT is increased, saying that by so doing, the public can be easily convinced. Other participants urged the government that rather than increase VAT, the economy should be stimulated to attract investors. Meanwhile, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, his Plateau State counterpart, Simon Bako Lalong, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State and Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State have pledged to pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. The governors, who spoke at the NLC delegates’ conference, noted that the workers constitute the backbone of government who should be encouraged in their duty. Ortom and Akeredolu urged the government to review the revenue allocation sharing formula in favour of states to facilitate the smooth implementation of the new minimum wage. Lalong, who spoke at the NLC delegates’ conference in Jos, represented by his Special Adviser on Labour, who also was the immediate past chairman of NLC, Jibrin Bancir, noted that the workers constitute the backbone of government who should be encouraged in their duty.
Source: Guardian
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Gistok1: The first president of the Labor Congress of Nigeria (NLC), Hassan Sumonu, asked the Federal Government and state governments, as well as other employers of workers, to begin the implementation of the N30,000 new national minimum wage for workers in the country on or before May 2019.
In an exclusive interview with Channels Television in Kaduna, the former president of NLC said that the new minimum wage that has been signed by President Muhammadu Buhari is not negotiable and, therefore, is mandatory for all employers of workers in the country. to implement it immediately without further delay.
He called on the federal government and the labor movement to guarantee effective sanctions for employers who refuse to implement the N30,000 national minimum wage.
READ ALSO: The new minimum wage is mandatory for all employers at work, says NLC
For his part, the secretary general of the Union of Textile Workers of Nigeria, Issa Aremu, said that it is a criminal offense if any state government or private employer does not implement the new minimum wage.
He added that adding workers now has the constitutional right to go against any employer that does not.
While praising President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly for approving the new minimum wage in law, Aremu argued that state governors have no excuse for not starting to apply the minimum wage immediately that was approved by President Buhari.
However, he promised that Nigerian workers will not hesitate to use all legal means, including industrial action against any defaulting employer.
macIB: Get to know your basic salary figure. The allowances will be percentage of the basic. The basic salary is your new minimum wage. Do the calculation from there to arrive at your new gross salary then deduct the deductible and your net salary will be glaring to you.
Thanks.... Basic is 50k, How much will be added... should I say 50k plus either 12k or 9k which gives 62k or 59k.
Elose11: It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are — O. Henry, 1862-1910 PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Minimum Wage Bill passed by an equally cynical National Assembly, NASS, whose leaders are still smarting from the shellacking they individually and collectively received from voters in February. It is still a bad dream for one or two of them who had assumed they had their states in the palm of their hands to do as they wished with them. Suddenly, they discovered too late that going home occasionally to give crumbs from their tables to the masses of hungry fellow Nigerians in exchange for robbing them of billions of naira in corrupt practices was no longer a winning strategy. They have sought to start rebuilding their ruined political structure by joining with the President to enact a so-called Minimum Wage bill for the “masses.” It was a swindle of which the President and NASS should be ashamed of themselves for several reasons. President Muhammadu Buhari We start with Buhari whose scavenging Buhari Support Group declared the signing as “a promise fulfilled”. If it was, it was one promise which should not have been made; let alone being fulfilled. But, just before those who expect to be compensated for hailing what was an ill-advised piece of legislation dismiss my objections as bad belle politics, permit me to draw their attention to the views of one of the earliest supporters of President Buhari. “My prediction is that the N30,000 Minimum Wage will cause chaos because many state governments that were paying N7500 before N18000 was introduced could not pay them. A lot of them are currently finding it difficult to pay now. They are already saying they can’t pay, and this would lead to strikes. When that happens, the nation will be in trouble— Prince Tony Momoh, former Chairman of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC. Tony Momoh was with Buhari since the ANPP days and is still a loyal supporter of the President. But, Senior Momoh is also a patriotic Nigerian and if it becomes a choice between party loyalty and being faithful to our country, there is no doubt that he will stand by Nigeria. He has demonstrated it with that publicised warning to Buhari. The obvious question is: why would Buhari sign a bill which has all the potentials of creating chaos in the country he is now getting ready to govern for four more years given the heightened insecurity in the land? The answer remains the same today as it was last year and will be the same next year – unless a miracle of transformation occurs. A man cannot gradually enlarge his mind as he does his house —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805-1859 Even Aisha Buhari must admit that her husband does not understand a word of economics or finance. He cannot comprehend the economic consequences of decisions made now. He acts on instincts; but they are the instincts of a highly placed economic illiterate. His closest advisers, if they are any better (and most are not), are too afraid to tell him the truth for fear of losing their jobs. So they adopt two postures – “sidon look” (apologies to late Chef Bola Ige) or they pretend that the President is right. For them none of their unpatriotic positions will jeopardise their advantages within the corridors of power. In Aso Rock, real or pretended ignorance is bliss. Buhari has signed the bill purely with a short-term political advantage in mind. He will, before December, unleash serious upheavals in many of the states which will find it impossible to pay. In fact, for Osun State, implementation of the new law will mean that whoever is governor will go to Abuja monthly to collect the allocation, hand the funds to the state’s workers and go home. There will be nothing left for any other function of government. In fact, what he receives from Abuja might not cover the new wage bill. He will be called upon to go and borrow to pay public servants. What happens to the 98 per cent of Osun residents who are not public servants is apparently no concern of President Buhari. Osun State might be an extreme case; but at least thirty states will not be able to pay the new wage and meet any other obligations of government to all residents – young and old. That is invitation to chaos written boldly by Buhari and the irresponsible NASS. The President, in his infinite misunderstanding of the constitution he swore to uphold even gratuitously ordered that implementation should start immediately. Like all old satraps always fighting the last war, he has conveniently forgotten that every governor must present the Bill to the State House of Assembly for their assent before it can be implemented. No governor, unless an incorrigible law breaker, can start implementation before the Bill had been domesticated. JAMB: ‘Only 10 Candidates Can Use Computer In A Hall Of 250’ Deliberately or inadvertently, Buhari has set the governors and workers on several collision courses nationwide by that announcement. Ignorant or mischievous labour leaders, might call the workers out on strike based on Buhari’s unconstitutional directives. The disturbances might be great or small, but they will increase tension in a country which needs to have it reduced seriously – otherwise, the already over-stretched security forces will have to add restoration of peace at states’ secretariats to their list of concerns. Is this leadership? Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed —I.F. Stone, 1907-1989 Nothing has re-confirmed Stone’s broad condemnation of government officials more than the new Minimum Wage Bill. The Laour leaders who expressed appreciation for the President’s gesture are living in a paradise inhabited solely by fools. They, like Buhari said the bill was in the interest of the masses. That is a bold-faced lie. Explicitly, the Bill excludes workers employed by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises employing less than twenty-five people. That is the vast majority of workers are discriminated against by this so called “masses bill”. The millions of Nigerians, female and male working in thousands of filling stations, hotels and guest houses, supermarkets, private nursery schools and clinics, POS stations, pharmacists, etc., are discriminated against by this heartless bill. It is heartless because when the inflationary impact of this bill is felt the favoured few as well as those neglected, who provided Buhari’s winning votes, will suffer the impact. They all shop in the same markets, pay rent to the same landlords, buy medicine from the same chemists, board the same buses. All workers will be charged the same – the beneficiaries of Buhari’s largesse and those left behind. “Unworthy to be called a Father.” Title of my article when Obasanjo enacted his own Minimum Wage Bill with groups of workers excluded. What sort of a “Father of the Nation” is that who feeds two children well and leaves 98 to fend for themselves? Buhari is always very quick to want to paint himself as a different President from his PDP predecessors. Yes, in some ways he is different. He took over from a Ph.D holder; who also succeeded somebody with Masters Degree. We are still not sure if he has School Certificate and in what grade. But, the difference on education is clear. Not even Adesina and Garba Shehu can bluff on that one. By global standards we have a grossly under-educated President. He needs our help to overcome his deficiencies for everybody’s sake. This is one occasion those who really love Buhari should advise him to step down on promoting that bogus bill. A word is enough… https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/the-minimum-wage-swindle/
... Your wish is for Civil servants to remain poor while you continue to live large.... Sorry,the President disappointed you.
Elose11: It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are — O. Henry, 1862-1910 PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Minimum Wage Bill passed by an equally cynical National Assembly, NASS, whose leaders are still smarting from the shellacking they individually and collectively received from voters in February. It is still a bad dream for one or two of them who had assumed they had their states in the palm of their hands to do as they wished with them. Suddenly, they discovered too late that going home occasionally to give crumbs from their tables to the masses of hungry fellow Nigerians in exchange for robbing them of billions of naira in corrupt practices was no longer a winning strategy. They have sought to start rebuilding their ruined political structure by joining with the President to enact a so-called Minimum Wage bill for the “masses.” It was a swindle of which the President and NASS should be ashamed of themselves for several reasons. President Muhammadu Buhari We start with Buhari whose scavenging Buhari Support Group declared the signing as “a promise fulfilled”. If it was, it was one promise which should not have been made; let alone being fulfilled. But, just before those who expect to be compensated for hailing what was an ill-advised piece of legislation dismiss my objections as bad belle politics, permit me to draw their attention to the views of one of the earliest supporters of President Buhari. “My prediction is that the N30,000 Minimum Wage will cause chaos because many state governments that were paying N7500 before N18000 was introduced could not pay them. A lot of them are currently finding it difficult to pay now. They are already saying they can’t pay, and this would lead to strikes. When that happens, the nation will be in trouble— Prince Tony Momoh, former Chairman of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC. Tony Momoh was with Buhari since the ANPP days and is still a loyal supporter of the President. But, Senior Momoh is also a patriotic Nigerian and if it becomes a choice between party loyalty and being faithful to our country, there is no doubt that he will stand by Nigeria. He has demonstrated it with that publicised warning to Buhari. The obvious question is: why would Buhari sign a bill which has all the potentials of creating chaos in the country he is now getting ready to govern for four more years given the heightened insecurity in the land? The answer remains the same today as it was last year and will be the same next year – unless a miracle of transformation occurs. A man cannot gradually enlarge his mind as he does his house —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805-1859 Even Aisha Buhari must admit that her husband does not understand a word of economics or finance. He cannot comprehend the economic consequences of decisions made now. He acts on instincts; but they are the instincts of a highly placed economic illiterate. His closest advisers, if they are any better (and most are not), are too afraid to tell him the truth for fear of losing their jobs. So they adopt two postures – “sidon look” (apologies to late Chef Bola Ige) or they pretend that the President is right. For them none of their unpatriotic positions will jeopardise their advantages within the corridors of power. In Aso Rock, real or pretended ignorance is bliss. Buhari has signed the bill purely with a short-term political advantage in mind. He will, before December, unleash serious upheavals in many of the states which will find it impossible to pay. In fact, for Osun State, implementation of the new law will mean that whoever is governor will go to Abuja monthly to collect the allocation, hand the funds to the state’s workers and go home. There will be nothing left for any other function of government. In fact, what he receives from Abuja might not cover the new wage bill. He will be called upon to go and borrow to pay public servants. What happens to the 98 per cent of Osun residents who are not public servants is apparently no concern of President Buhari. Osun State might be an extreme case; but at least thirty states will not be able to pay the new wage and meet any other obligations of government to all residents – young and old. That is invitation to chaos written boldly by Buhari and the irresponsible NASS. The President, in his infinite misunderstanding of the constitution he swore to uphold even gratuitously ordered that implementation should start immediately. Like all old satraps always fighting the last war, he has conveniently forgotten that every governor must present the Bill to the State House of Assembly for their assent before it can be implemented. No governor, unless an incorrigible law breaker, can start implementation before the Bill had been domesticated. JAMB: ‘Only 10 Candidates Can Use Computer In A Hall Of 250’ Deliberately or inadvertently, Buhari has set the governors and workers on several collision courses nationwide by that announcement. Ignorant or mischievous labour leaders, might call the workers out on strike based on Buhari’s unconstitutional directives. The disturbances might be great or small, but they will increase tension in a country which needs to have it reduced seriously – otherwise, the already over-stretched security forces will have to add restoration of peace at states’ secretariats to their list of concerns. Is this leadership? Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed —I.F. Stone, 1907-1989 Nothing has re-confirmed Stone’s broad condemnation of government officials more than the new Minimum Wage Bill. The Laour leaders who expressed appreciation for the President’s gesture are living in a paradise inhabited solely by fools. They, like Buhari said the bill was in the interest of the masses. That is a bold-faced lie. Explicitly, the Bill excludes workers employed by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises employing less than twenty-five people. That is the vast majority of workers are discriminated against by this so called “masses bill”. The millions of Nigerians, female and male working in thousands of filling stations, hotels and guest houses, supermarkets, private nursery schools and clinics, POS stations, pharmacists, etc., are discriminated against by this heartless bill. It is heartless because when the inflationary impact of this bill is felt the favoured few as well as those neglected, who provided Buhari’s winning votes, will suffer the impact. They all shop in the same markets, pay rent to the same landlords, buy medicine from the same chemists, board the same buses. All workers will be charged the same – the beneficiaries of Buhari’s largesse and those left behind. “Unworthy to be called a Father.” Title of my article when Obasanjo enacted his own Minimum Wage Bill with groups of workers excluded. What sort of a “Father of the Nation” is that who feeds two children well and leaves 98 to fend for themselves? Buhari is always very quick to want to paint himself as a different President from his PDP predecessors. Yes, in some ways he is different. He took over from a Ph.D holder; who also succeeded somebody with Masters Degree. We are still not sure if he has School Certificate and in what grade. But, the difference on education is clear. Not even Adesina and Garba Shehu can bluff on that one. By global standards we have a grossly under-educated President. He needs our help to overcome his deficiencies for everybody’s sake. This is one occasion those who really love Buhari should advise him to step down on promoting that bogus bill. A word is enough… https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/the-minimum-wage-swindle/
Khaleell001: How? can you please throw more light on this.
Both scenarios one and two increments are too small for senior staff i.e 12 k and less than 9k.... Which simply means either 12 or less than 9 k will be added to your new salary.
sammymarvin: What is d need for the increase if it does not cut across all levels. Listening to Radio Nigeria, that d main increase is for those earning 18k, but above, that little wil b added this one na scam it has never been like this before.pls do not jubilate until u know d increase because it might be 5k lol
Let me explain in a simple way....All govt teachers, ministry staff members are all on minimum wage salary structure of 18k whlie Nigeria police, Nigeria Army ,NSCdC, Custom,NNPC are on more than 30k already....It' means that the new Salary of 30k will only be applicable to those in the Category of Teachers.Hope u understand.
Politics › Re: Minimum Wage: FG Gives Committee 4 Weeks To Adjust Workers’ Salaries by daddy001: 4:31pm On May 15, 2019
