A list containing the proposed minimum wage by the 36 state governors in the country has emerged.
The governors made the proposal when they met under the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to deliberate on the economic landscape and the discourse surrounding the minimum wage.
Despite their concerted efforts, a unanimous decision on a standardized wage remained elusive.
In a statement issued on Friday by Halimah Salihu Ahmed, director of media and public affairs for NGF, the governors said the proposed minimum wage of N60,000 “cannot fly”.
The governors said many state governments would spend their entire allocation paying salaries, noting that there would be nothing left for developmental purposes.
The statement said: “However, the Forum urges all parties to consider the fact that the minimum wage negotiations also involve consequential adjustments across all cadres, including pensioners.”
“The NGF cautions parties in this important discussion to look beyond just signing a document for the sake of it; any agreement to be signed should be sustainable and realistic.
“All things considered, the NGF holds that the N60,000 minimum wage proposal is not sustainable and cannot fly.
DAILY GIST reports that the Nigerian government had earlier proposed N62000 as new minimum wage for civil servants in the country.
Below is the amount proposed by each of the 36 state governors:
1. Abia – 40k
2. Adamawa – 45k
3. Akwa Ibom – 65k
4. Anambra – 50k
5. Bauchi – 40k
6. Bayelsa – 65k
7. Benue – 48k
8. Borno – 70k
9. Cross River – 65k
10. Delta – 68k
11. Ebonyi – 40k
12. Edo – 70k
13. Ekiti – 55k
14. Enugu – 43k
15. Gombe – 45k
16. Imo – 57k
17. Jigawa – 40k
18. Kaduna – 45k
19. Kano – 50k
20. Katsina – 45k
21. Kebbi – 40k
22. Kogi – 35k
23. Kwara – 43k
24. Lagos- 75k
25. Nasarawa – 40k
26. Niger – 45k
27. Ogun – 65k
28. Ondo – 62k
29. Osun – 57k
30. Oyo – 60k
31. Plateau – 65k
32. Rivers – 80k
33. Sokoto – 40k
34. Taraba – 45k
35. Yobe – 42k
36. Zamfara – 30k
