The Federal Government has announced that the implementation of the National Minimum Wage was critical to national development.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made this known at a public enlightenment and sensitization workshop for field officers monitoring the implementation of the National Minimum Wage in Abuja, which was organized by the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission.

Ngige noted that ensuring compliance with the National Minimum Wage Act would ensure that workers were not short-changed as a satisfied worker would contribute effectively and efficiently to the sustainability and growth of an enterprise. 

He said the formal and informal sectors were represented during the collective bargaining mechanisms that produced the Act.