ASCSN threatens to shut down states defaulting minimum wage

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has threatened to cripple the activities of states that refuse to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage.
President of the Association Shehu Muhammed, gave the threat yesterday during the association’s 5th Quadrennial Delegates Conference in Lagos, where he emerged as the new president.
He urged state governments to implement the new wage to improve the standard of living of their citizens since the incomes of state governments have continued to rise following enhanced allocation from the Federal Account Allocation Committee, (FAAC).
Muhammed advised states to reduce wastages and block leakages of government funds as well as embracing the policy of indexing income to correspond with the rate of inflation.