Governor of Niger state, North Central Nigeria, Mohammed Bago, has says the state is targeting N1m as minimum wage for the state civil servants.
Bago, disclosed this, on Friday, at the Government House where he announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for the state workforce.
The governor disclosed this after an extensive meeting with the leadership of the state Nigeria Labour Congress.
“This N80,000 is sustainable. We are sure that with our stride in agriculture, we can pay. We are creating civil service farm so that civil servants can be productive. With that, we are sure that we can do N1 million as minimum wage,” he said.
The governor assured the people that the new minimum wage would cut across the state and local government civil servants, noting that the state had already paid October’s salary.
He said the new minimum wage would start in November. – ID
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