Minimum Wage Hope on Trial, Government on in-door Meeting
Although details of the meeting have not been
disclosed yet, the discussions may not be unconnected with the new minimum wage
for Nigerian workers.
The meeting comes a day after the Nigeria
Governors Forum (NGF) held a meeting at their secretariat in Abuja. The meeting
ended with the Chairman of the NGF, Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara,
declining comment on the agenda.
A presidential committee set up by the
government under the leadership of a former head of service of the federation,
Ama Pepple had earlier recommended that the new minimum wage should be
increased from N18,000 to N30,000.
However, governors said they would not be
able to pay that amount, and warned that they may have to cut jobs.
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