- On Friday, the governors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) have said the N60,000 minimum wage for workers is not sustainable and too high.
- Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) embarked on indefinite strike action on Monday after rejecting the federal government’s N60,000 offer as the minimum wage.
Senator Daniel Bwala, a former lawmaker, has condemned the rejection of the proposed N60,000 minimum wage by the 36 state governors of the federation.
WITHIN NIGERIA reported that the federal government in the late hours on Friday, proposed the sum of N62,000 but the labour insisted on N250,000 as the minimum wage.
Bwala, expressed his disapproval of the governors’ stance in a post on his X page on Saturday.
The former lawmaker wondered what development the governors have been carrying out in the first place, given the increased FAAC allocation and the lack of improvement in the living conditions of citizens in many states.
Bwala urged Nigerians to be aware of where their problems truly lie.
He implied that the governors’ rejection of the minimum wage proposal is a symptom of a larger issue, which is the mismanagement of resources and lack of prioritization of citizens’ welfare.
The tweet reads: “There is no justification for Nigerian governors saying the 60,000 minimum wage is not sustainable when we are talking about upgrading to a reasonable living wage. Nigerians should better know where their problems lie.
“When governors say if they pay 60k there would be no money left for development, you wonder WHICH DEVELOPMENT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING in the first place.
“Since the increased FAAC allocation, very few governors have improved their states or the living conditions of their citizens.
“Hippopotamus federating units.”
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