Minimum Wage
The public workers in Ebonyi state will be starting the new year 2020 on a happy note as the state governor, David Umahi, has promised to start paying the newly approved N30,000 minimum wage from January, next year.
While some states in Nigeria have yet to commit to the payment of the new minimum wage, the Lagos state government has disclosed that it will begin the payment of N35,000 minimum wage to its workers in November 2019.
Workers in Lagos state can start jubilation as the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has agreed to pay N35,000 as the new minimum wage from November, 2019.
Simon Anchaver, the chairman of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), has given state governors December 31, as the deadline for implementation of the new N30,000 minimum wage.
The controversy over implementation of the approved N30,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers does not seem to be stopping any moment soon as organised labour has vowed to fight any governor that fails to comply with the payment.
An agreement was finally reached between the federal government and organised labour on Thursday, October 17, on the consequential adjustment in salaries of Nigerian workers as a result of the new N30,000 minimum wage.
Ikara local government council of Kaduna state began paying the new N30,000 minimum wage to its workers on Friday, October 4. The development was made public by the council’s chairman, Hon Ibrahim Salihu Sadiq.
The circular which was signed by the secretary-general of the ASCSN, Bashir Lawal, said the labour unions have given the FG up till Wednesday, October 16, to reconvene the meeting of the Consequential Adjustment Committee.
The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has opened up on the plans of Nigerian governor on the issue of the controversial N30,000 new minimum wage.
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