Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has stressed the need for a better living wages as an antidote to corrupt practices in the civil service.
Owasanoye said this on Thursday in Abuja at a National Policy Dialogue on Living Wages and Corruption in Nigeria organised by the ICPC.
The dialogue was organised in collaboration with Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria and Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies.
The ICPC boss, who described poor living wage as an enabler for corruption in the public service, said one of the ways to address corruption in the sector was to enhance the living wage.
According to him, there exists a direct relationship between poor living wages and corruption, which then indicates that low wages can make the workforce to be susceptible to corruption.
Owasanoye, who urged the government to pay more attention into the welfare of public servants, said this would reduce the level of corrupt practices in the country.
He noted th
at the ICPC’s research into the issue of inadequate living wages in Nigeria revealed that there had been several minimum wage policies since 1981.
He, however, noted that little or no attention had been paid to actual living wages for workers, especially, public servants.during a National Policy Dialogue on Living Wages and Corruption in Nigeria at ICPC Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has stressed the need for a better living wages as an antidote to corrupt practices in the civil service.
Owasanoye said this on Thursday in Abuja at a National Policy Dialogue on Living Wages and Corruption in Nigeria organised by the ICPC.
The dialogue was organised in collaboration with Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria and Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies.
The ICPC boss, who described poor living wage as an enabler for corruption in the public service, said one of the ways to address corruption in the sector was to enhance the living wage.
According to him, there exists a direct relationship between poor living wages and corruption, which then indicates that low wages can make the workforce to be susceptible to corruption.
Owasanoye, who urged the government to pay more attention into the welfare of public servants, said this would reduce the level of corrupt practices in the country.
He noted th
at the ICPC’s research into the issue of inadequate living wages in Nigeria revealed that there had been several minimum wage policies since 1981.
He, however, noted that little or no attention had been paid to actual living wages for workers, especially, public servants.during a National Policy Dialogue on Living Wages and Corruption in Nigeria at ICPC Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday
Source: News Agency of Nigeria