The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF says it is committed to only a new national minimum wage that states can implement.
Rising from a virtual meeting, the Governors umbrella body issued a communique where it stated that a new national minimum wage is “still work in progress”.
NGF Chairman and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State who signed the communique acknowledged various initiatives adopted in recent times by way of Wage Award and partial salary adjustment.
He noted that the 37-member tripatriate committee is still in consultation and yet to conclude work.
The State Governors, it was learnt are reviewing their individual fiscal space and the consequential impact of various recommendations to arrive at an improved national minimum wage that the various State Governments can pay.
State Governors also agreed to consider the submissions from the National Summit on Justice which concerns legal amendments and policies to strengthen the Justice Sector.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
