Ogun approves N77,000 as minimum wage

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the sum of N77,000 arsenic the minimum wage for the lowest idiosyncratic successful the state, and the outgo takes contiguous effect.

This determination was revealed aft a gathering of the authorities authorities led by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, and the enactment of the organized labour successful Ogun State, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and the Joint Negotiating Council, JNC, to sermon the implementation of the caller minimum wage.

Talabi said the gathering was astatine the lawsuit of Governor Abiodun, who helium stated has directed that nary idiosyncratic successful the authorities should gain little than N77,000 starting from the period of October.

He stressed that the Abiodun-led medication meant good for its citizens and has proactively taken steps to further ameliorate the suffering of the people.

The SSG added that the politician has advised the organised backstage assemblage to instrumentality a cue from the policy, and volition acceptable up a monitoring squad to spot however it is implemented by the backstage assemblage to guarantee nary 1 is shortchanged.

On his part, the authorities NLC chairman, Comrade Hameed Benco, appreciated the politician saying that portion immoderate states are paying N70,000, N70,250 oregon less, Ogun is the highest.

In the aforesaid vein, Comrade Akeem Lasisi of the TUC and his counterpart, Comrade Isa Olude of the JNC, commended the authorities for being worker-friendly, portion they noted that consequential adjustments for pensioners and different matters volition beryllium announced aft owed consultation with the applicable stakeholders.

In his reaction, Ogun State Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya, said the support of the generous minimum wage for workers underscores the responsiveness and sensitivity of the politician and the authorities to the plight of the workers and the wide populace of the state.

Onasanya expressed optimism that the gestures by the authorities volition further boost the morale of workers successful committing themselves to the implementation of the government’s policies.