New Minimum Wage: FG To Negotiate With Senior Civil Servants - Udoma - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 20, 2019
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, UdomaUdoma, says the Federal Government will go into negotiations with senior civilservants soon after the bill on the new National Minimum Wage is assented to byPresident Buhari.
Udoma said this when he appeared before the SenateCommittee on Finance in Abuja to give explanations on the Medium TermExpenditure Framework MTEF and Fiscal Paper.
He said the Executive would meet with relevantstakeholders on the matter as soon as it is signed into law.
The minister stressed that once the minimum wagebecomes law, serious emphasis would be laid on productivity.
Meanwhile, the Senate and House of Representativeshave approved 30,000 naira as the new national minimum wage.