By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Lawmaker representing Katsina South senatorial district, Senator Abu Ibrahim has promised that a system would be created for periodic review of wages .
The Chairman Senate committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity, said this is the panacea to strikes and protests over minimum wage by Labour.
According to the Senator, the system will avert strikes and its attendant effect on the economy, occasioned by strikes by the organised Labour.
Senator Ibrahim, who represents Katsina south senatorial zone made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
“There should be a system whereby the Federal government and the Labour Union will know the time to review the minimum wage.
“There must be a system that will determine how much workers will earn periodically, so that system should be created” Ibrahim said.
Speaking on the N30,000 minimum wage passed by the legislature, “we looked at the difference of what the executive asked for, it was N3000 and the commotion that it will create. We brought another solution that the federal government should look into Revenue allocation to make it possible for states to pay.
“So we came with additional suggestion, after the N30,000 minimum wage, we suggested that the Revenue allocation should be look into to make the states and the local governments more viable”.
He however disagreed that the upper legislative chamber was under pressure to pass the 2019 budget, because of time constraint.
“We have close for two weeks for budget purpose, by two weeks we should finish and go to the main committee (Appropriation). So by middle of April or May we should have concluded, two weeks before we close, so am sure we are not in hurry, we will finish within time” he said.