Minimum wage: Bago approves N80k for Niger state civil servants
Umar Bago, governor of Niger, has approved N80,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state.
The governor approved the minimum wage for workers on Friday during a meeting with representatives of organised labour in Minna, the capital of Niger state.
In a statement released on his X, Bago announced that the state government had adopted N80,000 as the new minimum wage.
“In our own magnanimity as a state government, we have decided to adopt the minimum wage of N80,000 (Eighty Thousand Naira),” he said.
On Wednesday, Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom, announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for civil servants in the state.
The governor constituted a 15-member implementation committee that will provide a report on how the wage should be executed.
Nasir Idris, Kebbi state governor, also approved N75,000 as the new minimum wage for the state’s civil servants.
TheCable
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