The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for civil servants has announced that the new minimum wage will be implemented from July 29, 2024.
This was contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) issued at the end of the committee’s meeting sighted by our correspondent in Abuja on Friday.
The MoU reads: “The NSIWC will generate the appropriate salary templates for other consolidated salary structures for implementation; the effective date of the implementation shall be July 29, 2024.”
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The committee was established to implement the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 2024, which raised the national minimum wage from ₦30,000 to ₦70,000. The committee consists of 16 members.
Its terms of reference include negotiating and agreeing on consequential adjustments in salaries and developing a template for the implementation of the approved minimum wage.