Governors approve payment of minimum wage - The Nation Newspaper

At rallies to mark the May Day, Edo, Adamawa, Ondo, Cross River, Zamfara, Oyo, Ebonyi, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Anambra governors said they would pay the wage.

The May Day was celebrated with fanfare across the states and the Federal Capital Territory where Vice President Yemi Osinbajo took the workers’ salute on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari.Workers hailed Governor Godwin Obaseki when he announced plans to begin immediate payment of the minimum wage.

“Welfare and good conditions of service have been important to us. There is no arrears whatever as far as salary is concerned. We have paid up to April 2019 and nobody can say we are owing him any salary,” he said. At the May Day celebration held at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Arcade, Igbatoro Road, he saluted the workers for their cooperation since the inception of his administration.

“We believe that the most effective way to ameliorate the poor living conditions of our people is to bridge the infrastructural deficit in the state. The government, he said, faced difficulties in salary payments because of “incessant increase of ghost workers in the payroll”. Ajimobi said: “Let me at this juncture congratulate the workers on the New Minimum Wage which has just been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The governor said workers affected during the certificate verification would be given a second chance to verify their claims, adding that “those with genuine cases would be reabsorbed into service as the administration had no interest in punishing innocent workers but those parading forged educational, birth and other certificates.

Earlier, TUC Chairman Comrade Emmanuel Ogundiran and his NLC counterpart Comrade Titilola Sodo called on the Ajimobi-led government to fulfil its promise on the minimum wage and provide a conducive environment for workers. He said his administration placed high premium on workers’ welfare, adding: “In my administration, all I have done in the last four years was to address your challenges and develop workable blueprint to address your problems; I am happy to say that within the years under review, tremendous milestones have been achieved in terms of prioritising your welfare”.

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