Proposed New Minimum Wage: C’ttee to Submit Report Next Week–Comrade Lawal

By Taiwo Omilani

Secretary-General of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, has disclosed that the committee set up by federal government to deliberate on agreeable minimum wage for Nigerian workers will submit its report next week.

Comrade Lawal made this disclosure to Business Post‘s reporter in an interview last week while reacting to labour-related matters.

The labour union leader said the technical committee inaugurated by the government would submit their report in order to allow the National Assembly debate over it.

When asked if the report would not be delayed by the lawmakers especially now they are preparing for the 2019 general elections, Comrade Lawal maintained that implementation of the proposed minimum wage would be of great benefits to government, stressing that any political party dragging the implementation was planning its obituary.

It would be recalled that Federal Government of Nigeria had in 2017 set up national minimum wage committee consisting of organized labour unions, federal and state governments.

Comrade Lawal urged Nigerian workers not to worry as the committee was working assiduously with the government to hasten the implementation.

When further asked if some states in the country would be able to pay the proposed new minimum wage, he said that should not be a problem.

Comrade Lawal hailed the present administration for the prompt payment of civil servants’ salary.