JUST IN: FG Set To Review Salaries Of Governors, Other Political Office Holders

Reports just reaching us has it that the Federal Government is set to review the salaries of state governors as well as other political office holders.

This is apprently in a bid to holistically review the wage structure.

The report has it that the Federal Government has in line with this objective set up a committee, the Presidential Committee on Salaries.

The committee is headed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed and co-chaired by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige.

This was hinted by Chris Ngige on Tuesday when the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) paid him a courtesy visit.

He also added that the review was in conjunction with the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

 

Ngige pointed out that the International Labour Organization (ILO) has a fixing mechanism on the minimum wage and consequential adjustment, adding that “I don’t want labour to misinform workers. They should not be misinformed. Workers should know that this is consequential adjustment and not a holistic wage review.”

Ngige also decried the 2020 budget proposal recently submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly.

He lamented that a budget of 76 per cent recurrent and 24 per cent capital had nothing to cheer about.