Minimum Wage: Gov. Sule Inaugurates 24-Member Implementation Committee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
Governor Abdullahi Sule, of NasarawaState, has inaugurated a 24-member committee to work-out modalities for theimplementation of the new minimum wage in the State.
The committee, according to thereport,  is chaired by the State DeputyGovernor, Emmanuel Akabe and has 11 representatives from government and 13 fromthe organised labour.
Speaking at the inauguration, thegovernor said the committee was set up in fulfillment of his promise to improveliving conditions of workers through better welfare package.
Sule charged the Committee to beguided by the revenue accruals to the State vis-à-vis its ability to pay theminimum wage
According to him, the terms ofreference of the Committee are to obtain and study the National Minimum WageAmendment Act, 2019 and the consequential adjustment at the federal level.
Others, he said, are: To obtain andstudy copies of agreements reached between the Federal Government and the organisedlabour, in line with the consequential adjustment/increase in all the salarystructures.