Gov. Bago announces N80,000 minimum wage for civil servants
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has announced N80,000 minimum wage for civil servants effective from November.
Mr Bago disclosed this shortly after meeting with the organised labour in the state at the Government House, Minna on Friday.
He said the payment would be for both the state and the local government workers, effective from November.
Mr Bago said the committee on the minimum wage would work on the consequential adjustments.
He said that the N80,000 was sustainable, especially with the state’s strides in agriculture.
The governor advised civil servants to embrace agriculture, adding that civil service farms would be created to make them productive.
Idrees Lafene, the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), commended the governor for approving N80,000 as minimum wage.
He said such a move was a step forward, adding that the union look forward to an improved offer.
He, however, appreciated the governor for going beyond the union’s expectation, saying that the union had tabled between N70,000, N75,000 and N80,000 as minimum wage for the state.
(NAN)
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