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.
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.”
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.
“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.” “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.
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