Reps member commends FG, Labour over peaceful resolution of minimum wage implementation

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance, Dennis Idahosa, has commended Federal Government and organised labour over the peaceful resolution on the full implementation of the new national minimum wage.

Idahosa gave the commendation in a statement he issued to newsmen on Friday in Benin, Edo State capital.

The lawmaker, who said that a strike would have further impacted negatively on the nation’s economy, were it not that it was averted, said that the peaceful resolution of the issues had further demonstrated that Nigeria could make headway when By challenges confronting the country were discussed in a round table.

“To me, this peaceful resolution has demonstrated the never give up spirit, the key actors were able to sit and find a way out of the logjam.”

Idahosa urged Nigerian workers to go about their normal duty of moving the country forward since the issues had been resolved, adding that  they needed not to worry about when the implementation of the minimum wage would commence.

He explained that the National Assembly (NASS) had always been willing to come out with policies that would not go against the welfare of the Nigerian workers.

It would be recalled that the Federal Government and the organised labour finally agreed on the issues of consequential adjustment for other categories of workers after three days of meeting which ended early hours of Friday.

Under the agreement reached, the core civil servants on grade level 7 are to get (23.2 per cent) adjustment; grade level 8 (20 per cent); grade level 9 (19 per cent); grade levels 10 to 14 (16 per cent); and grade levels 15 to 17, (14 per cent).