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State Governors push for N22,500 as new minimum wage

Damilare Famuyiwa by Damilare Famuyiwa
October 31, 2018
in General News, Politics
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Nigerian state governors have agreed to increase the existing minimum wage to ₦22,500. The new minimum wage proposed by the governors would be an increment by 25 per cent.

Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari of Zamfara State, who’s the Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), said the ₦22,500 would be an increment from the existing ₦18,000.

According to Yari, the decision followed an emergency meeting of the governors where they deliberated on the new minimum wage after a briefing from the forum’s representatives at the Tripartite Committee.

The governor noted that the welfare of the people was the ultimate concern for the forum, lamenting the deteriorating economic situation experienced by the vulnerable segment of the populace.

Before agreeing to a figure, he explained that the governors considered the stride of development in their states, particularly in health, education and infrastructure.

Nairametrics had reported the governor’s lamentation over the proposed new minimum wage. The State governors had unanimously made known that they cannot afford the new minimum wage proposed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

While indications emerged that organized labour may resume its suspended strike as early as November 6, Yari said the governors were not against upward review of the minimum wage, but lack the capacity to pay it.

The NLC had demanded ₦30,000 as minimum wage, the governors proposed ₦20,000, while the Federal Government said it could afford ₦24,000.

Prior to This 

President Muhammadu Buhari, in November last year, inaugurated the National Wage Committee led by former minister and Head of Service, Ama Pepple.

During the 40th anniversary of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja, the minister had stated that the new minimum wage would commence before the end of September, this year. He later backtracked, because the state governors were yet to submit their proposal on a new wage system.

In order to mount pressure on the Federal Government, the NLC gave a two-week ultimatum and then commenced a nationwide strike. 

The minimum wage was last increased by the Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2011 from ₦7500 to ₦18,000.

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