Minimum wage; We can’t pay #60,000— NGF dares state workers.
As the negotiation of the minimum wage continue to encounter glitches from Authorities in the tripartite commīttee, the Nigerian Governors Forum NGF has declared the FG’ s offer of sixty thousand naira as not sustainable and unrealistic. A statement by the Acting Director, Media Affairs and Public Relations of the Forum, Mrs Halima Ahmed, noted that if allowed to fly, many states will use all their monthly allocations from the federation account to pay workers’ salaries.
The governors appealed to members of the tripartite committee to agree on a minimum wage that would be fair and sustainable.
Recall that the organised labour had rejected the N60,000 proposal and went on a nationwide strike on Monday.
The action was however suspended on Tuesday after the Federal Government promised to increase the minimum wage to an amount bigger than N60,000 as they resume negotiations
