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Members of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other affiliate groups are set to resume industrial action following claims by some state governors that they may not be able to pay the newly proposed National Minimum Wage.

 

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Abdulaziz Yari, in a chat with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja said although the governors are not against upward review of the minimum wage, they lack the capacity to pay it.


He explained that the issue was not just on the agreed figure to be paid by the governors but also the “ability or resources to take care of that agreed minimum wage.”


“The problem of the states is the capacity to pay what is agreed. As we are talking today, we are struggling with N18,000. Some of the states are paying 35 percent, some 50 per cent and still some states have salary arrears. So, it is not about only reviewing it but how we are going to get the resources to cater for it.”


Punch reports that while the NLC had demanded N30,000 as minimum wage, the governors and the Federal Government have proposed N20,000 and N24,000 respectively.

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