NewsNigeriaPoliticsKebbi State Government Sets To Implement N70,000 Minimum Wage

Kebbi State Governor, Nasiru Idris said his administration is ready to commence implementation of the N70,000,00 new minimum wage to Kebbi workers as soon as the template to do so is delivered to the state government.

The governor, made this known Friday in Birnin Kebbi when the leadership of the state council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) paid him a courtesy call in Government House and debunked rumours that his administration would not pay the new minimum wage.

“Even the federal government that approved the new wage is yet to commence payment. This will be so until modalities are finalized. When we are ready, the NLC and my government will dialogue to chart the best course of action for implementation.

“The annual development levy of N500 being implemented since the defunct Sokoto state, was the meager amount his government deducted from workers’ salaries and it’s allowed by law.

“The deductions from the workers’ salaries only amounted to N11m,” he said.

Earlier, NLC Chairman in the state Comrade Murtala Usman described the governor as the “most labour friendly” in the country.

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

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