Tinubu, Shettima, Other Politicians Get 114% Pay Rise Amid Minimum Wage Tussle With NLC

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and other top public officials have been handed a bumper salary increase
• The announcement was made on Tuesday, June 20, by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
• Amid this latest development, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the federal government are yet to reach a compromise for an increase in the minimum wage

Amid the ongoing negotiations between the federal government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for the increase of minimum wage from N30,000 to N150,000, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has confirmed an increase in the salary of politicians, judicial and public office holders.

The chairman of RMAFC, Muhammad Shehu, announced the salary increase on Tuesday, June 20, and noted that the increment was by 114%.

This means President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, state governors, legislators, and other top office holders will get a bumper pay rise.

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While speaking at the presentation of the report of the reviewed remuneration package to Nasir Idris, governor of Kebbi, Shehu said the new development was in line with the statutory provision of the law, TheCable reported.

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Ably represented by Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, the federal commissioner, Shehu said there was a need for the National Assembly to hasten up legislation to give way for an upward review of the remunerations of politicians, judicial and public office holders.

As reported by Daily Trust, Shehu said the last remuneration review was conducted in 2007, adding that it culminated in the rise in certain political, public and judicial office holders' salaries and allowances, as amended in the 2008 act..

He said:

“It empowers the revenue mobilisation, allocation, and fiscal commission to determine the remuneration appropriate for political office holders, including the president, vice-president, governors, deputy governors, ministers, commissioners, special advisers, legislators, and the holders of the offices mentioned in sections 84 and 124 of the constitution of the federal government.”

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However, the NLC and the federal government are still in a crunch negotiation stage for an increase in the minimum wage for civil servants.

Both entities last met at the Presidential Villa on Monday, June 19, with no resolution agreed upon yet.

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Meanwhile, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has revealed that it may head into an industrial action if the federal government tries to be cunning.

This hint was given by the vice president of the NLC, Adewale Adeyanju, on Sunday, June 19.

He stated this in the build-up to the NLC's meeting with representatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa.

Source: Legit.ng