President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate
implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public
Service workers currently earning below the minimum wage.
The Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission,
Chief Richard Egbule said this while addressing a news conference
on the implementation of the new national minimum wage on Tuesday
in Abuja.
He said that the commencement of the approved payment would be
determined by the office of the Accountant-General and backdated to
when the President signed the agreement.
According to Egbule, the approval takes effect from April 18,
2018 and will affect the salary of government agencies under five
salary structures.
This includes the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure,
CONPSS, Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS and the
Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure,
CONRAISS.
Also, the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure,
CONTISS II and Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions
Salary Structure, CONTEDISS would be affected.
“The negotiations between the Federal Government and the joint
National Public Service Negotiating Council on the consequential
adjustment arising from the new minimum wage for officers who earn
above N30,000 would continue.
“The outcome of such negotiations will be implemented with
effect from the date an agreement is reached,” he said.
Egbule assured the public that the Federal Government was
totally committed to the implementation of the new minimum wage as
agreed with key stakeholders.
He said that any enquiry relating to the implementation of the
new minimum wage should be directed to the commission.
(NAN)
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Kukah, Abati, others speak on hate speech, fake news at
colloquium
By Isah Ismaila Gagarawa
The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Father Mathew Hassan Kukah,
has called on Nigerians and media organizations to serve as active
gatekeepers in the selection and dissemination of information,
saying it will go a long way to help reduce the rate of hate speech
in the country.
Bishop Kukah, made the call at a
colloquium organized by the Olusegun Obasanjo Center for African
Studies, at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in
Abuja.
He added that hate speech and fake news are created deliberately
with the sole aim of misleading and causing tension among the
diverse Nigerian populace.
Similarly, the keynote speaker, Mr. Ray Ekpu, who is the
Chairman of NewsWatch magazine, pointed out that fake news and hate
speech can be attributed to the wide spread of citizen journalists,
who lack technical and practical know-how of selecting, processing
and disseminating information.
Ekpu, said while social media platforms have become the medium
for spreading falsehood and divisive messages among the masses, the
trio of religion, politics and ethnicity have become the major
drivers of hate speech in the polity.
On his part, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, former chairman of the
Nigerian National Human Rights Commission (NNHRC), maintained that
government officials are one of the major purveyors of inaccurate
information and vile comments.
“We are in a country where the government refuse to send its
citizens to school. And this is because they don’t want the teeming
citizens to be liberated from the clutches of illiteracy and
ignorance” he stated.
Dr. Reuben Abati, A veteran columnist and media aide to
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, charged traditional media
organizations to avoid sourcing stories from unidentified bloggers
and online journalists.
Senator Chris Anyawu, who urged journalists and media
organizations to sensitize people on the potential of hate speech
and fake news in manipulating behaviors of youths, emphasized the
need for carrying out investigative journalism and proper media
training to address the two worrisome issues.