Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Nigeria (Ratification: 1961)

Article 1 of the Convention. Scope of minimum wage protection. Further to its previous comment, in which it noted that the scope of the National Minimum Wage Act, 1998, as last amended in 2011, remained unchanged and continued to exclude establishments employing less than 50 workers, part-time workers, workers paid on commission or on a piece-rate basis, as well as workers in seasonal employment such as agriculture, the Committee notes the Government’s statement that efforts would be made to address this issue. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any progress made with regard to extending the scope of the minimum wage legislation to all workers in need of such protection and to submit a copy of any new legislative text adopted in this regard.

Article 3(2). Consultation and participation of employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the latest increase of the national minimum wage from 7,500 to 18,000 Nigerian nairas (NGN) (approximately US$114) per month was based on the recommendations of an ad hoc tripartite committee, which had been set up for this purpose in 2000. In addition, the Committee understands that the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, established in 1993, is responsible for reviewing wage policy and income levels in the public service and does not, therefore, participate in the process of revising the national minimum wage rate. The Committee requests the Government to specify whether it intends to set up an institutionalized consultative framework ensuring the equitable representation of employers’ and workers’ organizations for the periodical review and adjustment of the national minimum wage.