Adamawa Begins Payment Of N70k Minimum Wage This Month

The Adamawa state government has become one of the few states in the country ready to pay the N70,000 minimum wage.

On Monday, the state governor Umaru Fintiri approved the payment of the new wage to the state workers, amidst doubts on whether other state governments will pay.

Some state governments have giving an indication that they are not ppepared the new wage as approved by the federal government in July.

The magazine reported that states like Bauchi, Yobe, Abia, amongst others have expressed reservations on the approval of the new wage, saying they have no funds to pay workers the approved wage.

There are indications that some state governments may renegotiate with their workers on what to pay as minimum wage.

But speaking with journalists on Monday, after a closed door meeting with Governor Fintiri, the Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in the state, Emmanuel Fashe said the governor has approved the new wage to be paid to state workers from August.

Their counterparts in the local government would be paid the new wage from September, the NLC chief said, adding that the template to be used is the consequential adjustment table that was used in 2019, pending the release of the table from the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission.

Fashe said, “Whatever the worker was getting as present national minimum wage of N32,000 as it applies to Adamawa State, that same will be applied in terms of percentages in implementation of the new minimum wage.”

On July 29, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the new minimum wage bill into law, amidst jubilations among the nation’s labour force thus ushering in a new wage system for the Nigerian workers.