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Only Lagos Can Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage – Governors

Only Lagos Can Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage – Governors
  • PublishedNovember 15, 2018

The Nigeria Governors Forum on Wednesday held an emergency meeting at its Secretariat in Abuja.

Some of those at the meeting which commenced around 8:00 pm were governors of Lagos, Akwa Ibom, and Zamfara states.

Briefing journalists after the governors met behind closed doors, the chairman, Abdulaziz Yari, maintained that many states would not be able to pay the new minimum wage proposal of N30,000

He said only Lagos State has the capacity to pay because of its IGR.

He said the forum, therefore, resolved to put together another committee that will meet with President Buhari.

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