Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved N77,000 as the minimum wage. The payment takes immediate effect.
The decision was revealed after a meeting between Prince Abiodun, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi and the leadership of the Organised Labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), to discuss the implementation of the new minimum wage.
The governor, who spoke through the SSG, said no worker should earn less than N77,000, starting from this month.
Prince Abiodun said his administration meant well for the people and had taken steps to ameliorate citizen’s suffering.
He said he was in touch with the organised private sector to take a cue from the minimum wage policy, ‘’as their workers are not exempted from the economic realities in the country, to improve the living standards of people in the state holistically.’’
The governor said the private sector should enter into dialogue with their stakeholders to arrive at a commensurate minimum wage for the sector, while he would set up a monitoring team to see how it was implemented by the private sector, to ensure no one was short-changed.
