Buhari appoints Ama Pepple head of national minimum wage committee tribuneonlineng.com
President
Muhammadu Buhari has finally approved the appointment of a
thirty-member tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee for the
negotiation of a new National Minimum Wage for the Country.
In a
statement released late Thursday night, and signed by the Deputy
Director in the Federal Ministry of Labour, Prince Samuel Olowookere,
Ama Pepple is named as the Chairman of the Tripartite National Minimum
Wage Committee.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator
Chris Ngige, will serve as the Deputy Chairman, while the Chairman,
National Salaries, Income, and Wages Commission, Chief Richard Egbule,
will serve as the Secretary of the committee.
According to
Olowookere, “by its tripartite nature, the committee is made up of
persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the
private sector made up of the largest private employer group, the
Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers
Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of
Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigerian
Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME).”
Other
members of the committee are: Udo Udo Udoma , Minister, Budget and
Planning; Mrs. Kemi Adeosun , Minister, Finance; Mrs. Winifred E. Oyo –
Ita ; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; and Dr. Roy Ugo –
Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to
the Government of the Federation
To represent the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum (NGF) are Governor Rauf Aregbesola – Osun State (South
West); Governor Rochas Okorocha – Imo State (South-East); Governor
Hassan Dankwambo – Gombe State (South East); Governor Nyesom Wike –
Rivers State (South-South); Governor Simon Lalong – Plateau State (North
Central); Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu – Kebbi State (North West);
while A.. B. Okauru, Esq., Director General (DG,) NGF will serve as
observer.
The Trade Union Side will be represented by Comrade
Ayuba Wabba, the President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),
Peters Adeyemi – NLC, Kiri Mohammed – NLC, Amechi Asugwuni – NLC, Dr.
Peter Ozo-Eson – NLC.
Others from the Labour side are: Comrade
Bobboi Bala Kaigama – President, Trade Union Congress TUC), Sunday
Olusoji Salako – TUC, Alade Bashir Lawal TUC, and Igwe Achese, the President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)
From
the Employers’ Side are: Mr. Olusegun Oshinowo – Director General,
Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Timothy Olawale –
NECA, Chuma Nwankwo – NECA, Mrs. Olubunmi Adekoje – Director General,
Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI), Alhaji Ahmed Ladan Gobir ,
Chairman, Kaduna East Branch, Manufacturers’ Association (MAN), Otunba
Francis Oluwagbenro – MAN, Hajia Muheeba Dankaka,
President, Kano Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture
(NACCIMA) and Prince Degun Agboade President, Nigeria Association of
Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) .
The Committee will be
inaugurated on Monday 27th November 2017 at the Council Chambers, Aso
Rock Presidential Villa, State House abuja
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