To set the pace for the implementation of new national minimum wage, the Federal Government has approved an upward review of the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS).

Chairman of the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Ekpo Nta announced this on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at a press briefing in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Nta said the review was carried out after the enactment of the Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024 and the memorandum of understanding signed with labour leaders.

According to him, workers on the Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Universities Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS), Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure II (CONTISS II), Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS), Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS), and Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) will also benefit from the review.

Others include the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS), Consolidated Paramilitary Salary Structure, CONPASS, and Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICSS), and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS).

“This is consequent to the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment)Act 2024 and the memorandum of understanding reached by the committee on consequential adjustments in salaries arising from the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act, 2024.

“The MoU was reached between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Trade Union sides of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council on September 20,” he said.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu on July 29, signed the minimum wage bill into law. The legislation increased the country’s minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000.

The committee on consequential adjustments in salaries for civil servants on September 20, said the agreement will come into effect from July 29, 2024.