By Tony Obiechina, ABUJA
The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC says it has received the mandate to harmonize salaries of various MDAs.
This according to the Commission will bring to a tolerable level, the issue of pay disparity in the Public Service.
The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Chief Richard Onwuka Egbule, made this known during the Commission’s budget defense in the House of Representatives Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs.
He said to achieve an enduring harmonization; efforts are being made to have a comprehensive review of grading system.
According to a statement by the Commission’s Chief Press Secretary, Emma Njoku in Abuja on Friday, Chief Egbule told the Committee that the Commission achieved an implementation level of 74% of the 2018 budget which he hoped the 2019 budget of the Commission would surpass.
He said the greatest problem bedeviling the Commission is the issue of office accommodation after 25 years of its existence.
The Chairman said it was because of lack of office space that the Commission could not recruit in the last 10 years, adding that the need for more office space has become more pressing.
He disclosed that the Commission operates from 6 different locations which according to him would not enhance the building of a distinct organizational culture.
On its mandate, Egbule noted that without the inputs of the Commission, the efforts put in the National Minimum wage would have been in vain as all the computation relating to its implementation were generated from the Commission.
In his remarks, the Chairman House of Representative Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, Alhaji Husseini Kangiwa called on the Commission to make the issue of office space a priority and build it in its budget.
