Gombe To Stop Payment Of N10,000 Palliatives To Workers

Gombe State government has promised to pay the new national minimum wage of N70,000 to its work force.

Once the workers start receiving the new wage, the state government said it will no longer pay the N10,000 palliative to workers.

Recall that the state decided to pay its workers N10,000 to cushion the effects of the removal of the fuel subsidy.

The announcement was made by the state’s Deputy Governor Manassah Jatau, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.

The Gombe number two citizen who doubles as the chairman of the state’s Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage informed the journalists on Sunday that details are being worked out to ensure that the workers receive the new wage.

He said the state governor is determined to ensure that the workers get the new wage once agreements are reached with labour unions in the state on the modalities.

He said, “Governor Inuwa Yahaya is fully determined to pay the minimum wage. He is one governor that believes that the new minimum wage is a necessity.

“Once we reach an agreement (on the new minimum wage), the implementation will begin, and the N10,000 palliative will stop.”

The state is one of the 36 states in the country that have agreed to pay the new wage.

The magazine reports that some state governments in the country have stated that they have no resources to pay the new wage approved by the federal government.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the New Wage Act into law in July  with wild jubilations among the nation’s workforce.