New Minimum Wage: Gov AbdulRazaq Inaugurates Consequential Adjustment Committee In Ilorin
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state inaugurated the consequential adjustment committee on minimum wage in Ilorin on Friday urging the members to look at all the variables and design an agreement that caters for the interest of the workers, other segments of society, and considers issues of development.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye noted that the committee members were inaugurated at the council chambers of the Government House while adding that the event was attended by top government officials, labour leaders, and representatives of the organized private sector in the state.
“The setting up of this committee sets out the process for the implementation of the national minimum wage in Kwara state. Following a legislative backing by the National Assembly, the president has recently approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage. We welcome the development in Kwara state. But the law means more than just paying N70,000 to the lowest ranking worker. It involves working out the maths on how this affects the take home for senior workers on different cadres.
This multi-stakeholder committee is therefore tasked with critically looking at all the indices and arriving at workable consequential adjustments for all cadres of workers.
I trust that this committee of senior government officials, reasonable labour leaders and organized private sector will consider all the variables and balance the need for decent salary adjustments with the important need to have something left for development and other strata of society. In other words, we should arrive at an agreement that is durable, meets the legitimate needs of all, and takes into account the overall interest of our state’ the statement quoted the governor to have submitted during the event.
The state Head of Service and Chairman of the Committee, Mrs. Modupe Susan Oluwole commended the governor’s proactiveness in constituting the committee.
“Recently, the president signed the 70,000 national minimum wage bill into law, and our governor, being proactive, has constituted this noble committee within 72 hours’ she said.
The HOS, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Establishment and Training, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, added that Governor AbdulRazaq has prioritized the welfare of workers while promising that the committee will be diligent and clear-headed in its work.
The governor had recently announced the 18-person committee which comprises commissioners, bureaucrats, labour leaders, and private sector players- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
