Abuja/Nigeria: The Delta State Government will implement the new minimum wage recently signed into law by the President Mohammadu Buhari, according to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa who spoke on Tuesday saying the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers was long overdue and urged state governors to implement the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Okowa, who spoke with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, said that he would pay the N30,000 new minimum wage.
He said that the previous minimum wage of N18, 000 was not sustainable. “We are actually going to pay the N30,000; we had made our statement long before the new minimum wage was even approved.
“I actually believe that it is long overdue because N18, 000 is definitely not sustainable. “But I also do believe as I have told my colleagues and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President that this time we must understand what minimum wage is.
“Minimum wage is not supposed to be a general salary increment; those at the bottom of the rung should actually benefit much more than those at the top and it ought to be so.’’
