Kayode Fayemi<\/a> on Sunday, October 6<\/p>\n– The governor also said that governors across the states are not divided on the issue of the new national minimum wage as widely reported<\/p>\n
The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has opened up on the plans of Nigerian governor on the issue of the controversial N30,000 new minimum wage.<\/p>\n
Fayemi who is also the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum said on Sunday, October 6, that governors will pay 9% of the approved minimum wage.<\/p>\n
The Nation reports that the governor also denied reports that his colleagues were divided on the issue of minimum wage implementation across the nation.<\/p>\n
He said Nigerian governors do not view the issue of the N30,000 new national minimum wage increase as a general wage review.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not divided. We have agreed to the national minimum wage and we are paying. Even if we do not agree, the National Minimum Wage is already a law which is binding,” Fayemi said.<\/p>\n
He also said that the forum had proposed N24,500 as Nigeria’s minimum wage bu N30,000 was approved by the federal government.<\/p>\n
Nothing that the members of the forum will abide by the new approved figure which he said is now a law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst we know that there may be a need for a minimal consequential adjustment, we (governors) are together with the Federal Government that this should not exceed 9%.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think nine per cent is too much for those who are already earning above the minimum wage,” Fayemi added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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