Umar Bago, governor of Niger, has approved N80,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state.
The governor approved the minimum wage for workers on Friday during a meeting with representatives of organised labour in Minna, the capital of Niger state.
In a statement released on his X, Bago announced that the state government had adopted N80,000 as the new minimum wage.
“In our own magnanimity as a state government, we have decided to adopt the minimum wage of N80,000 (Eighty Thousand Naira),” he said.
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On Wednesday, Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom, announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for civil servants in the state.
The governor constituted a 15-member implementation committee that will provide a report on how the wage should be executed.
Nasir Idris, Kebbi state governor, also approved N75,000 as the new minimum wage for the state’s civil servants.
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