State Governors can pay N30,000 minimum wage, if — Cleric
Ezeokafor said this while speaking with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday.
Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor
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The bishop, who described N30,000 minimum wage as meagre, said state governors complaining that they could not afford the new minimum wage should use part of their security votes to effect the payment.
He said that if workers were well taken care of, they would be more disciplined and poised for better service delivery.
The Bishop said the increase in wages would put more money at the disposal of workers and enable them to effectively attend to family financial commitments.
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“There is serious hunger in the land and it is no longer funny; government should do something fast,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum issued a communique , claiming that state governors could only pay N22,500 as new minimum wage.
The Organised Labour insists on N30,000 as the new minimum wage or proceeds on an indefinite nationwide strike Nov.6.
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