N70K Minimum Wage: Confusion as Nigerian Governor Reacts to Purported Approval, Details Emerge
- Reports said Jigawa state governor, Umar Namadi, approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage
- The reports said the Jigawa government is waiting for the state's committee on new minimum wage 'to complete its assigned responsibility for the implementation'
- However, a top government aide quashed the claims that Governor Namadi officially approved the increment
Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and governance in Nigeria.
Dutse, Jigawa state - Civil servants in Jigawa state have been thrown into confusion after the governor of the state, Umar Namadi, denied approving the N70,000 minimum wage.
The purported approval was said to have been announced on Thursday, October 10, by Ado Kazaure, Namadi's senior special adviser on salary and pension.
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However, civil servants in the state were disappointed when an audio message, purportedly from Kazaure, retracted and denied the governor’s approval.
The Nigerian Tribune reported on Friday, October 11, that when it contacted Kazaure to authenticate the audio clip, he confirmed its genuineness.
Minimum wage: Jigawa workers unhappy
Meanwhile, some civil servant expressed their disappointment with the new twist, with accusations of deceit levelled against the Namadi-led administration.
Legit.ng reports that wages have become the top issue for Nigeria’s organised labour movements in the past year.
As a result of the recent hike in the cost of living, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had called for an upward review of the national minimum wage.
Subsequently, in July, the federal government reached an agreement with labour unions. The new minimum monthly wage was set at N70,000.
However, despite federal lawmakers assenting to it and President Bola Tinubu signing it into law, Jigawa and several other states have not started implementing the new minimum wage.
Minimum age: Borno gov approves N70k payment
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state announced that the state will commence payment of the newly approved N70,000 minimum wage starting this month, October 2024.
The senior special assistant to the governor on new media, Abdulrahman Bundi, said in a Facebook post that Zulum convened a meeting with the state minimum wage implementation committee, where he directed that civil servants be paid the new national wage.
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