Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige , has said that the implementation of the new minimum wage would take effect.
He stated this while speaking with journalists, adding that the payment cuts across both the private and public sectors at large.
He said the consequential agreement agreed upon were “For COMESS wage structure grade level 7 gets 23%, level 8 gets 20%, level 9 gets 19%, levels 10 to 14 get 16% while levels 15 to 17 get 14%
” For those on the second category of wages structure, CONHES , CONRRISE, CONTISS etc, level 7 gets 22.2%, levels 8 to 14 get 16%, levels 15 to 17 get 10.5%.
He said the third category of the country’s ” wage structure which includes the military and paramilitary was also factored in the agreement since they are not in the civil service, theirs would be communicated through the appropriate channels”.
