Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has pledged to promote industrial harmony and speed up processes for the implementation of the new minimum wage.
Mr Ngige, while addressing journalists at his residence after his inauguration as minister by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja, said that he was a man of his words. He said that he would follow due process to put smiles on the faces of Nigerian workers. “The issue of consequential adjustments in the minimum wage is currently being handled by the permanent secretary in my ministry and he has made some progress.
Mr Ngige pledged to resolve all impending disputes in the sector, noting that his track record had reflected in his efforts in the last three and a half years. ”I don’t know what I will do differently. I am a man of due process. If you are also a man of due process, you will be my friend. Do things the way they should be done, and not abnormally.
“I put in all my energy in whatever assignment I am given and I have been doing that in the ministry of labour in the last three and a half years. “I remain committed to working with labour unions. The Nigeria Labour Congress is a federation of some labour unions. We also have the Trade Union Congress and the United Labour Congress which, though, has not been officially registered,” he said.
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