By Tony Obiechina, ABUJA
The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, (NSIWC) has blamed frequent agitations for increment and review of salaries by MDAs on delay in job evaluation.
Executive Chairman of the Commission Chief Richard Onwuka Egbule, stated this in when a delegation from the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation visited him in Abuja.
Egbule noted that the last comprehensive job evaluation in the country was carried out in 1972.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Njoku quoted the Executive Chairman as saying that if proper evaluation is carried out it would have taken care of the many agitations for salary review.
He said due to the unsettled issues relating to the new National Minimum Wage recently passed by the National Assembly, reviews of wages and allowances have been put on hold.
The Executive Chairman said the reason for the suspension of all wage reviews is because the minimum wage will come with some adjustments and the wage bill will increase considerably.
He however assured the Surveyor-General that whatever request that comes to the Commission will as usual be evaluated and appropriate recommendation made.
Earlier, the Surveyor-General Surv Ebisinitie B. Audu had highlighted so many hazards in the job of surveying and mapping and its importance in all the sectors of the economic.
He said said it is in the face of the hazards associated with the job of surveying that the office is requesting for some salary reviews to motivate the staff.
The Surveyor-General pointed out that he was at the Commission to interface with the Chairman on issues of salaries and wages.
He said because of lack of funds, the office could not operate the drone system with its attendant risks of emission of radiation.
