The Federal Government has commended the compliance of state governments with the payment of N70,000 minimum wage, describing it as satisfactory, News About Nigeria reports.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, disclosed this after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday.
He applauded those states that have commenced paying workers the new minimum wage, adding that some states pay their workers higher amounts.
He also appealed to state governments yet to comply with the new National Minimum Wage Act and commence paying the new minimum wage to do so.
Akume said, “The issue of the new minimum wage has always been central to the thinking of the government of President Bola Tinubu, and that was why he quickly put in place a tripartite arrangement to look at all the issues, and this was properly carried out.
“The governors were represented. The federal government was represented. The organised private sector was also part of it. So we arrived at the new minimum wage.
“We are very satisfied with it. And some state governments have started implementing. Others have even gone beyond N70,000. So I believe that there’s no problem with that whatsoever.
“We applaud those who have started, and those who have not started, we just want to appeal to them to start the payment.”
He further noted that the federal government is committed to fully implementing the newly approved minimum wage.
“Quite frankly, the federal government is totally committed to this fully; there’s no half measure about this at all. It’s full,” he added.
