Minimum wage: Kwara Gov AbdulRazaq sets up tripartite committee for consequential adjustment
Following the recent assent of N70,000 minimum wage by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday, approved the constitution of a tripartite committee to work out the consequential adjustment component for other categories of workers.
According to a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, the committee, chaired by the Head of Service and co-chaired by the Commissioner for Finance, while the Director (Establishment and Pension) is the Secretary, comprises representatives from the state government, the labour centres, and the organised private sector.
Other members are the Commissioners for Budget & Planning, Works and Transports, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Communications; Senior Adviser and Counsellor to the Governor; Permanent Secretaries (Finance, Service Welfare, Justice); and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Labour Matters.
Apart from the Federal Controller on Labour and Employment, the Labour is represented on the committee by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Chairman of the Joint Negotiation Council (JNC), Chairman of COHESU, and Secretary of the JNC.
The private sector is represented by the Kwara Chamber of Commerce (KWACCIMA), the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.
