The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Saturday declared that
state governors are rich enough to pay the new national minimum wage.
NLC said allocation from the Federation Account Allocation
Committee, FAAC, to states is enough to pay the new minimum wage.
The Head of NLC Public Affairs, Benson Upah, stated this
while reacting to comments by state governors that they can’t pay the proposed
N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government.
In a statement issued on Friday by the Director of Media and
Public Affairs for Nigeria Governors Forum, Halimah Ahmed, the governors said
the proposed minimum wage is too high and not sustainable.
However, Upah accused state governors of acting in bad
faith.
His statement reads partly: “We do believe the governors
have acted in bad faith. It is unheard of for such a statement to be issued to
the world in the middle of an ongoing negotiation. It is certainly in bad
taste.
“As for the veracity of their claim, nothing can be further
from the truth as FAAC allocations have since moved from N700 billion to N1.2
trillion making the governments extremely rich at the expense of the people.
“All that the governors need to do to be able to pay a
reasonable national minimum wage (not even the N60,000) is cut down on the high
cost of governance, minimise corruption as well as prioritise the welfare of
workers.”
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