{"id":12788,"date":"2017-05-03T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=12788"},"modified":"2017-05-03T14:53:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:53:40","slug":"neca-asks-fg-to-constitute-minimum-wage-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/neca-asks-fg-to-constitute-minimum-wage-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"NECA asks FG to constitute minimum wage committee\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Employers&#8217; Consultative Association has called on the Federal Government to constitute a tripartite committee that will deliberate on the new national minimum wage. While expressing displeasure at the disruption of the National Workers&#8217; Day celebration in Abuja by aggrieved workers, the Director-General, NECA, Mr. Olusegun Oshinowo, said in a statement on Tuesday, that the fracas would have been avoided if the government had been proactive.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the issue of a new wage was due for discussion in 2016, after five years that the N18,000 minimum wage came into effect. Oshinowo stated, &#8220;The unfortunate incident was needless and avoidable if the government had proactively done the needful.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>There was indeed an understanding that the national minimum wage would be due for discussion after five years. 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