Economic Hardship: 36 State Governors Reveal Position On New Minimum Wage, Give Conditions

The 36 state governors of the federation have stated their position on the issues surrounding the new minimum wage and things that must be considered before a new figure is agreed.

ADULAWO News reports the issue of the new minimum wage was one of the points considered by the Governors during a meeting of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) held on Wednesday.

A communique released on Thursday by the chairman of the forum and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, disclosed that the governors reviewed the ongoing process regarding determining a new minimum wage for workers in the country.
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The Governors urged the members of the new minimum wage committee to consider the current realities, individual state peculiarities, and consequential impact on the capacity of the government as well as private sector employers before agreeing on a specific figure.
They also recommended that the final figure must be data-driven and evidence-based.

“Members reviewed the progress of the National Minimum Wage Committee (NMWC) and ongoing multi-stakeholder engagements towards agreeing on a fair minimum wage.

“Members urged the NMWC to consider the current realities, individual state peculiarities, and consequential impact on the capacity of the government as well as private sector employers to pay.
“Members also emphasized the need for proposals to be data-driven and evidence-based,” the communique read in part.
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On the issue of state policing, the Governors during their meeting, supported the idea of creating state police, saying it is capable of correcting existing fundamental flaws in the nation’s security framework.

They called for the issue of state policing to form a central point in the ongoing process of amending the Constitution of Nigeria.

The communique said the governors “highlighted the need for state policing as a critical amendment in the ongoing 1999 constitutional amendment proceedings to correct a fundamental flaw in the national security architecture.”