The governors said this Tuesday after an emergency meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in Abuja.
The Chairman of the forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, gave the outcome of the meeting in a statement.
The governor’s stance is expected to be rejected by the labour unions who are demanding minimum wage of N30,000. The workers have vowed to down tools by November 6 if their demands are not met.
In his statement, Mr Yari did not say how the governors would respond to a workers strike.
full statement by Mr Yari below:
Following a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum where we deliberated on the National Minimum Wage after a briefing from our representatives at the Tripartite Committee, we submit as follows:
The welfare of all Nigerians is our ultimate concern. In all our States, we are concerned about the deteriorating economic situation experienced by the vulnerable segment of our population.
In agreeing to a National Minimum Wage, however, the Forum is even more concerned about development, particularly in the health, education and infrastructure spheres.
It is, therefore, our considered position that since the percentage of salaried workers is not more than five per cent of the total working population, our position must not just reflect a figure, but also a sustainable strategy based on ability and capacity to pay, as well as reflective of all our developmental needs in each State.
After all, Section 3 of the National Salaries Income and Wages Commission Act provides that “the Commission shall recommend a proposition of income growth which should be initiated for wage increase and also examined the salary structure in public and private sector with reasonable features of relativity and maximum levels which are in consonance with the national economy.”
It is in this sense that we feel strongly that our acceptable minimum wage must be done in such a way that total personnel cost does not exceed 50 per cent of the revenue available to each State.
Governors, therefore, agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500.
Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari Abubakar
Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum
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ReplyDeleteMitchew....This is Nigeria
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Just Imagine. What can 22500 naira buy. Everything is just expensive in the market.
ReplyDeleteNonsense.....why cant they even make it 50k?
ReplyDeleteSome governors never pay 18000 minimum wage finish na 25000k dem go pay
ReplyDeleteUnserious people...
ReplyDeleteEven at 30k, this minimum wage can only make sense when there is free education, water, housing and food clothing, transportation cos I dont know what one can achieve with such stipend in this hard economy. But this selfish governors would rather enrich themselves than serve their people.
ReplyDeleteMtchwwwwm..why won't they suggest that peanut amount... Greedy people
ReplyDeleteSee greedy sets of people.
ReplyDeleteIf truth be told, only a few states can pay anything above minimum wage. The IGR of some states is extremely low, they pay civil servants directly from the monthly revenue they get from F.G. So, at N22,000 some states will be struggling to survive! It is out of the monthly stipend they get from the Fed.Govt that they pay salaries, build roads and execute other responsibilities required by the state govt.
ReplyDeleteTaxes will have to shoot up in order to stay above water in some states,I pray this won't turn to another "stone in their throats".
@BV Yollar, I agree with you 100%. The issue should be tackling those things that eat up the wages. Healthcare, Education, Market forces, Housing, etc. People that earn 80K can barely survive. So will they keep increasing the wages?
ReplyDeleteThey are all mad... They should live on N22500 ... aah nd they will say the devil is in hell.
ReplyDeleteShameless governors, you cant pay just $100 per month to legitimate hardworking citizens but you can pay thousands of dollars to prostitutes for a night. The thunder that God will use to destroy you guys is coming
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