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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matter raised in its previous direct request:

1. In its previous comments, the Committee referred to the categories of workers excluded from the National Minimum Wage Act, 1981 (workers of establishments employing fewer than 50 workers, part-time workers, workers paid on commission or on a piece-rate basis, seasonal workers in agriculture, workers in merchant shipping or civil aviation) and requested the Government to supply information, including copies of any relevant circulars or codes adopted by the Nigerian Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) concerning the payment to these workers of wage rates in accordance with the Act. Noting the Government's indication in its previous report that the relevant circulars or codes will be forwarded "as soon as they are available", the Committee again expresses the hope that the information requested will be provided with the next government report.

2. Noting that the copy of the productivity scheme for the Agip Energy & Natural Resources (Nigeria) Ltd. attached to the Government's report does not contain any information on remuneration, the Committee again requests the Government to supply samples of productivity schemes and data submitted to the Federal Minister of Employment, Labour and Productivity, detailing the wages, salaries and fringe benefits paid to all categories of workers and the number of employees in each occupational group, pursuant to the requirements of the Incomes Guidelines 1990 issued by the Productivity, Prices and Incomes Board of the Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.

3. Further to its previous comments on the application of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value but of a different nature, the Committee requests the Government to furnish with its next report the job evaluation document previously referred to by the Government as being utilized in the appraisal and grading of jobs before salaries are fixed. It also requests the Government to supply copies of the collective agreements concluded in the textile industry, which were not received with the report.

4. With regard to the public sector, the Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information concerning the application in practice of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value.