Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has approved N70,000 naira as new minimum wage for civil servants in the state.
Governor Obaseki revealed this on Monday during the inauguration of a new Labour House in the state
The governor said the new wage comes into effect as from May 1st, 2024.
Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have been negotiating with the Federal Government over increasing the minimum wage following the increasing national inflation and skyrocketing food inflation.
The labour unions, including NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), had demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country.
The labour unions’ agreement was after President Bola Tinubu, through Vice President Kashim Shettima, on January 30, set up a 37-member panel at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja.
With its membership cutting across federal and state governments, the private sector, and organised labour, the panel was tasked with recommending a new national minimum wage.
At the inaugural meeting of the panel, Shettima urged members to ‘speedily’ arrive at a resolution, and submit their reports early as the current N30,000 minimum wage expired at the end of March 2024.
