The Federal Government has called on agencies recruiting for the private sector to adhere to the seventy-thousand-naira minimum wage, warning that any deviation would not be tolerated.
According to the Federal Government, the new minimum wage is necessary to address the current economic reality, emphasizing that no Nigerian worker, whether in government or private employment, should be paid less than the minimum wage.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, stated this yesterday while speaking at the thirteenth Annual General Meeting of the Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria, held in Lagos.
Abubakar, who was represented by the Director of Employment and Wages of the ministry, John Nyamali, said, that the minimum wage is now a law, and as a result, it is a punishable crime for any employer to pay less than seventy-thousand-naira to any of its workers and that such employer can be jailed for failure to implement the minimum wage.
In his remarks, the President of the Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria, Dr Olufemi Ogunlowo, asked the government and Nigeria Labour Congress to clarify whether the seventy-thousand-naira minimum wage is net or gross, stating that all ambiguities in the Act should be highlighted and explained.
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