The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has said that the federal government’s 25% and 35% increases in worker pay do not constitute the minimum wage.
Mr Tommy Okon, president of the organisation, announced while answering questions from journalists in Abuja on Wednesday.
Okon, who is also the Vice President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), stated that the wage rise was approved in order to reduce the compensation gap in several ministries, departments, and agencies.
He said:
“Other sectors have benefitted from these increases; it is only the core Federal Civil Service. So, it is a good development, no doubt, but the people need to be informed.
“Some even saw it as if the government had ambushed the labour unions and then come out unilaterally to increase the minimum wage to that amount. Whereas, it is not the minimum wage.
“The minimum wage is ongoing, what the government did was to correct some gaps that existed among the pay of those in those sectors listed.”
cc: Daily Post Ng
