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FILE PHOTO: The Nigeria Labour Congress pickets a Federal Government office on February 24, 2021. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TVA former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has faulted the national minimum wage Act which mandates governors of all the Nigerian 36 states to pay a uniform minimum wage to the workers in their various states.on Friday, said all governors should be allowed to decide on their own the amount they can pay.
“I mean for instance, if you pay a minimum wage in Lagos, why should I pay that in Sokoto? Let every governor decide for his own state by his own people that this is what I can afford,” Okupe said.He said what the President should concern himself about is the Federal Government and allow the states and the labour unions at the state level to agree on minimum wage.
At the expiration of an ultimatum issued by labour on May 31, the unions embarked on strike on June 3, shutting down businesses across the nation. The tripartite committee is still locked in meeting trying to agree on a new wage and is expected to make the announcement any time soon.Meanwhile, the 36 state governors have said that the N60,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government is not sustainable and cannot fly.
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