Mohammed Momoh, the Lagos state
coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says the body is
looking up to the federal government to release a circular for the
implementation of the newly approved minimum wage with respect to corps
members.
Momoh made this known while
speaking about the expected wage increase for corps members.
“The effective date of
implementation would be stated on the circular and any corps member that falls
within that said period and is qualified for the monthly allowance would benefit
from the increase if and when the implementation starts,” he explained.
“Corps members are Nigerians and
it is only expected that they would benefit from the increase. At the
appropriate time, the federal government would fix the allowance for corps members.
This would then be made public by the NYSC.
“I have no doubt that the federal
government would do the needful in accordance with the minimum wage.”
There had been questions about
whether corps members would be eligible for minimum wage.
According to the minimum wage
act, it is the duty of every employer to pay every worker the national minimum
wage and it defines workers as any member of the civil service of the
federation or of a state or local government or any individual (other than
persons occupying executive, administrative, technical or professional position
in any such civil service) who has entered into or works under a contract with
an employer
According to section 2,
subsection 1 of the National Minimum Wage Act, the following establishments are
exempted from paying minimum wage
- An establishment in which less than fifty workers are employed
- An establishment in which workers are employed on a part-time basis
- An establishment in which workers are paid on commission or on a piece-rate basis workers in seasonal employment such as agriculture
- The 2011 amendment of the act excluded establishments with less than 25 workers.
Speaking during the 2019 Batch
‘A’ orientation exercise of corp members at the NYSC camp in Sagamu, Sule
Kazuare, former NYSC director general, had said there would be an increase in
accordance with the increment in national workers’ wage.
“We have a memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Wages Commission that each time the salaries of
public servants are increased, that of corps members too would take a very
relative position,” Kazaure who was represented by Abdulrasheed Sanusi, acting
director, corp welfare, said.
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