Minimum Wage: Govs Working on What States Can Pay

Thirty-six State governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, have disclosed that they are reviewing their individual fiscal space as state governments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, geared towards arriving at what they described as an improved minimum wage they can pay sustainably.
In a statement by NGF Chairman and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the end of the virtual meeting held on Wednesday night, the state governors said they are committed to looking into issues bordering on remuneration of state judicial officers and the infrastructure of the courts
This came as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, gave reasons organised labour is fronting ₦615,000 as the new national minimum wage, saying it is being magnanimous by not raising its demands despite compelling reasons to do so.