- The 36 state governors of Nigeria have scheduled an emergency meeting to discuss the contentious issue of the proposed new minimum wage.
- The meeting comes after the Federal Executive Council postponed its decision on the minimum wage memo.
- The governors had previously rejected the federal government’s proposed minimum wage of N62,000, citing concerns that some states would need to borrow funds to implement it.
- However, organized labor is still demanding a N250,000 minimum wage.
- The emergency meeting aims to find a resolution to this impasse between the governors, the federal government, and labor unions.
All the State Governors of Nigeria are meeting for an urgent dialogue today to address and reach some form of mutual agreement over the ongoing issue of the proposed new minimum wage, which has been a topic of discussion between the federal government, states, and organized labor.
“According to Halima Ahmed, the Acting Director on Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, the governors meeting is scheduled to take place at 7 pm tonight in Abuja for the possible way forward on the matter.”
The conference will be held in the FCT (FCC) tomorrow, Wednesday, in the morning for the decision of the wage.
Previously, the governors had refused the federal government’s proposed minimum salary of N62,000, pointing out that certain states would have to get loans for the new payroll funds.
However, the trade union is still holding on to their demand for an earthquake N250,000 minimum wage.
The state’s closed-door meeting wants to deal with this burning point and bring up the issue that is parallel to the demand of the workers and the requirement of the needed.
The emergency meeting is expected to explore possible solutions to the minimum wage impasse and find a middle ground between the demands of the labour unions and the financial constraints faced by some states.
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