NiMet Workers Received Minimum Wage Payment In May – Official

Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) workers have finally received payment of the new minimum wage and salary adjustments.

This is coming after weeks of industrial action and negotiations, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Speaking during an interview, an official of the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals confirmed that the implementation of the new minimum wage and salary increment for aviation workers was successfully carried out in May.

According to him, unresolved disputes have been communicated to the Director-General of the aviation authority, and the outstanding arrears, delayed due to technical issues, are expected to be paid by the end of July.

“So, we just noted all the items that have not been resolved yet and told the Director-General to take note and start going to the relevant authorities to make sure that the things we are requesting are being done, for example, the implementation of a new minimum wage,” he said.

The official stated that the Aviation minister played a key role in facilitating the implementation of the new minimum wage, stressing that he called the DG personally to speed up the process.

“It was the minister that called DG personally; after the meeting, they called DG and told them to go to the Accountant General’s office, do whatever they need to do, and make sure that our money comes this May,” he clarified.

He further confirmed that the new condition of service has already been signed by the DG and forwarded to the Minister, who is in charge of getting it to the desk of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission for approval.

“Fortunately for us, it happened like that; that was the implementation.

So the condition of service is already done; the DG has signed and given it to the Minister, so the Minister will be the one to take it to the Salary Wages Commission for approval.

The subsistence allowance was the first payment we got, and after that subsistence allowance, we then got the implementation of the new minimum wage,” he added.