Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the new minimum wage into law on July 29, 2024, after meeting with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Interestingly, some states have not implemented the recently approved wage, The Punch reported on Sunday, August 11.
However, seven other states have set up implementation committees but only Lagos and Edo states have started paying the minimum wage.
N70,000 minimum wage: States yet to implement payment
The states are;
- Plateau,
- Kebbi,
- Sokoto,
- Nasarawa,
- Bayelsa,
- Delta,
- Osun,
- Ekiti,
- Zamfara,
- Benue,
- Enugu,
- Taraba,
- Gombe,
- Kogi,
- Enugu,
- Adamawa,
- Niger,
- Anambra,
- Imo,
- Ebonyi,
- Oyo,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Bauchi,
- Katsina,
- Kaduna,
- Cross River and
- Yobe.
7 States that have set up minimum wage panel
However, seven other states have set up implementation committees. Only Lagos and Edo claimed to have started paying the minimum wage.
The states are;
- Kano,
- Kwara,
- Ogun,
- Borno,
- Jigawa,
- Ondo, and
- Abia.
States that have started paying 70,000 minimum wage
Lagos and Edo
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Saturday, August 10, told The Punch that the state had been paying more than the minimum wage before it was passed into law.
He said:
“When you look at the minimum wage that was paid in Lagos before, the least state worker earned about N77,000. So, if they said the minimum wage is now N70,000, we have no problem with it at all because Lagos has been paying more than that, and we will continue to pay.”
The Edo State Government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki said it had started paying the minimum wage.
Meanwhile, Kwara, Kano, Borno state and Abia states have expressed readiness to pay the N70,000 minimum wage.
Kwara inaugurates committee on N70,000 minimum wage
Meanwhile, Legit reported that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq took steps to implement the N70,000 minimum wage in Kwara state.
AbdulRasaq has inaugurated the consequential adjustment committee to do the mathematics in implementing the new wage.
The governor explained that the committee is tasked to critically look at all the indices and arrive at workable consequential adjustments for all cadres of workers.