FG bows to labour, appoints Muhammed Buba PPPRA chairman
Thu May 26, 2016 08:20:am National
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Buba as Chairman of the Board of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA.
This was disclosed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal at the end of a closed door meeting with the organized labour on Wednesday in Abuja.
The appointment is one of the demands of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) after it called off its industrial action recently.
At the meeting, a 16 man technical committee, 8 each from the government and Labour side, was set up to discuss issues on minimum wage.
The technical committee is also to look at the implementation of the N500 billion Social Investment Fund and palliatives provided by government to cushion the effects of deregulation of the petroleum sector.
The committee is to submit its report in two weeks' time.
Present at the meeting was the SGF, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, the Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi and Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole.
Comrade Ayuba Wabba led labour to the talks.
The SGF said that a 16-man committee had been set up to look into the various issues that emanated from the hike in price of petrol such as the minimum wage, implementation of the N500bn palliative in the 2016 budget as well as the review of the pump price.
He said, "We just finished our meeting with the NLC and I'm happy to announce that we had a very successful meeting with an outcome that will make every Nigerian happy. First of all on the side of the government, we want to thank the NLC for their magnanimity in calling off the strike. And we thank Nigerians for being patient while the strike lasted.
"In this meeting, we have arrived at some major decisions. First of all, you will recall that before we adjourned the last meeting, we had basically decided to discuss three major issues.
"One was the issue of the minimum wage for workers, both in government and in the private sectors. And also labour had raised the issue of requirement to be involved in the implementation of half a trillion naira amount of money in the budget for palliative for Nigerians that are on the fringe of society economically."
This was disclosed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal at the end of a closed door meeting with the organized labour on Wednesday in Abuja.
The appointment is one of the demands of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) after it called off its industrial action recently.
At the meeting, a 16 man technical committee, 8 each from the government and Labour side, was set up to discuss issues on minimum wage.
The technical committee is also to look at the implementation of the N500 billion Social Investment Fund and palliatives provided by government to cushion the effects of deregulation of the petroleum sector.
The committee is to submit its report in two weeks' time.
Present at the meeting was the SGF, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, the Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi and Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole.
Comrade Ayuba Wabba led labour to the talks.
The SGF said that a 16-man committee had been set up to look into the various issues that emanated from the hike in price of petrol such as the minimum wage, implementation of the N500bn palliative in the 2016 budget as well as the review of the pump price.
He said, "We just finished our meeting with the NLC and I'm happy to announce that we had a very successful meeting with an outcome that will make every Nigerian happy. First of all on the side of the government, we want to thank the NLC for their magnanimity in calling off the strike. And we thank Nigerians for being patient while the strike lasted.
"In this meeting, we have arrived at some major decisions. First of all, you will recall that before we adjourned the last meeting, we had basically decided to discuss three major issues.
"One was the issue of the minimum wage for workers, both in government and in the private sectors. And also labour had raised the issue of requirement to be involved in the implementation of half a trillion naira amount of money in the budget for palliative for Nigerians that are on the fringe of society economically."
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