By Joan Nwagwu
The Federal Government has said that it was formulating an innovative wage system that will now be based on employee’s productivity.
Dr Nasir Raji-Mustapha, Director General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC) said this during an interactive meeting with Labour Correspondents Association of Nigeria (LACAN) on Monday in Abuja.
According to him, we are in the process of developing a Productivity-led Wage System that will ensure that those who are productive are rewarded for their effort irrespective of their grade level.
“Under the proposed system, employees on the same salary scale can earn different wages,” he said.
He however said that the Centre was collaborating organised labour to ensure that they support and contribute their input to the new proposal on a Productivity-led Wage System.
He also said that the report for the first phase of the study was ready and that the next stage would be to engage various stakeholders to consider and make input before finally presentation to the federal government for it’s consideration and possible adoption.
He noted that the Centre was collaborating with a number of international agencies and organisations to ensure that productivity and skills of Nigerian workers are greatly improved to impact positively on the economy.
He therefore said that productivity was a key factor in the growth of the country’s economy.
Raji-Mustapha, also said that the Centre has done a lot in the area of productivity promotion and advocacy for youths, especially the Youths Corp members at the NYSC camps.
The DG added that the NPC has resurcitated preaching and promoting productivity at the NYSC camps.
He also said NPC has improved on its innovative “Productivity Lecture series for the Ministries and Departments and Agencies.
Mr Patrick Abulu, Acting Chairman if the association urged the DG of the Centre to continue to support journalists in ensuring that their jobs are made easy in terms of reporting the Centre.