Ondo to pay workers N70,000 minimum wage

The Ondo State Government stated on Tuesday that it was willing to give state employees the N70,000 national minimum wage. Speaking in his office in the state capital of Akure, Mr. Bayo Philip, the state Head of Service, made this claim. 

President Bola Tinubu authorised the minimum wage following a series of talks with the nation's major trade organisations. 

He said that Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the state governor, had told everyone on several occasions that his administration would not set the federal minimum wage for workers below that amount.

He pointed out that in an effort to improve the nation's current economic circumstances, the state government also made the gesture available to pensioners and employees of all state-owned postsecondary institutions.

He said, “Before the bill was assented to by the President, the governor had given his words that Ondo State would pay whatever minimum wage may be agreed upon and assented to by Mr. President.

“As I speak, we are doing all the preliminaries, that as soon as the details of the salary table for the minimum wage is out, we will be at it, and I know for sure that the state will implement it without delay.”

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