Delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja has rejected a proposal by a delegate, Sergeant Awuse, that minimum wage for public servants be raised from N18,000 to not less than N40,000.
During the deliberation on the report of the Public Service Committee yesterday, the proposal thrown out by the delegates. However, a recommendation by the Committee that a new sub-section be introduced in the 1999 Constitution that would compel government to review public sector pay every five years.
In other matters, delegates resolved that henceforth, no agency of government should charge any fee, no matter how minimal, from fresh graduates before offering them employment in the public service.
Meanwhile, a motion by 33 delegates led by Ustaz Nurudeen Lemu, requesting the re-naming of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) succeeded as the conference resolved that the organization be named the Federal Character and Equal Opportunities Commission (FCEOC).
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