…as Local Government Chairmen reject N62k
What each of the 36 are offering to pay as minimum wage:
1. Abia – 40k
2. Adamawa – 45k
3. Akwa Ibom – 65k
4. Anambra – 50k
5. Bauchi – 40k
6. Bayelsa – 65k
7. Benue – 48k
8. Borno – 70k
9. Cross River – 65k
10. Delta – 68k
11. Ebonyi – 40k
12. Edo – 70k
13. Ekiti – 55k
14. Enugu – 43k
15. Gombe – 45k
16. Imo – 57k
17. Jigawa – 40k
18. Kaduna – 45k
19. Kano – 50k
20. Katsina – 45k
21. Kebbi – 40k
22. Kogi – 35k
23. Kwara – 43k
24. Lagos- 75k
25. Nasarawa – 40k
26. Niger – 45k
27. Ogun – 65k
28. Ondo – 62k
29. Osun – 57k
30. Oyo – 60k
31. Plateau – 65k
32. Rivers – 80k
33. Sokoto – 40k
34. Taraba – 45k
35. Yobe – 42k
36. Zamfara – 30k
••ALGON rejects N62,000 minimum wage
As the minimum wage discussion is ongoing, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) on Monday declared that local government councils cannot afford to pay the proposed N62, 000 as new minimum wage citing meagre allocation coming from the federation Account as major factor responsible for their rejection.
National President of ALGON, Alh Aminu Muazu-Maifata explained in an interview with Journalists in Lafia that all the 774 Local Government Councils in the country gets allocation of a little above 18 percent from Federation Account monthly and hinged his argument on the gross inadequacy of funds to pay the N62,000 minimum wage
According to Muazu-Maifata, even if the local government Executive Chairmen decided to set aside the entire monthly allocations for salaries, ALGON will still not have resources and sources to implement the new minimum wage.
He said, “Apart from payment of wages, we still have other responsibilities such as provision of affordable healthcare, education, security, traditional institution, rural roads as well as youths and women empowerment among others to contend with.”
Muazu-Maifata who is the Chairman of Lafia Local Government Area(LGA) of Nasarawa state however noted that the council Chairmen were in support of wages increments to civil servants but decried meager revenue coming to the local government. The ALGON president appealed for increase in the monthly allocations of the 774 LGAs in the country to enable them pay the proposed minimum wage
The ALGON leader also made a case for amendment of the constitution to make the tenure of office of LGAs chairmen officially uniform across the country for smooth administration.
While promising that the association would work with other stakeholders to ensure full implementation of the Area councils autonomy as enshrined in the country’s constitution, he reasoned, “The tenure of office of LGAs officials should be made four years to enable them deliver on their campaign promises to the electorates. The tenure is three years in some states and two years in some other states which is not good for the administration at the local councils”