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FG to introduce wage system for workers

The Federal Government says it is formulating an innovative wage system that would be based on employee productivity in the country.

The Director-General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC), Dr Nasir Raji-Mustapha, made this known at an interactive session with the Labour Correspondents Association of Nigeria (LACAN) in Abuja on Monday, May 13, 2024.

Raji-Mustapha said: “We are in the process of developing a productivity-based Wage System that will ensure that those who are productive are rewarded for their effort, irrespective of their grade level.

“Under the proposed system, employees on the same salary scale can earn different wages.”

The NPC boss, however, said the centre was collaborating with the Organised Labour to ensure that they support and contribute their inputs to the new proposal for a productivity-led wage system.

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He noted that the report for the first phase of the study was ready, adding that the next stage would be to engage stakeholders to consider and make inputs before presentation to the federal government for its consideration and adoption.

He said the centre was also collaborating with international agencies and organisations to ensure that productivity and skills of Nigerian workers are greatly improved to impact positively on the economy.

Raji-Mustapha, who described productivity as a key factor in the growth of the country’s economy, said the NPC had done a lot in the area of productivity promotion and advocacy for youths, especially corps members at NYSC camps.

He stated that the NPC resuscitated preaching and promoting productivity at NYSC camps, adding that the centre has improved on its innovative “Productivity Lecture series for the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)”.

On his part, the Acting LACAN Chairman, Patrick Abulu, urged Raji-Mustapha to continue to support journalists to make their jobs easier in reporting activities of the centre.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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