Niger gov announces N80,000 minimum wage for civil servants

Niger State governor Umaru Bago has announced N80,000 minimum wage for civil servants which will take effect from November, 2024.

Bago said this after meeting with the organised labour in the state at the Government House, Minna on Friday.

According to the governor. the payment would be for both the state and the local government workers.

He said the committee on the minimum wage would work on the consequential adjustments, stating that the N80,000 was sustainable, especially with the state’s strides in agriculture.

Bago urged civil servants to embrace agriculture, adding that civil service farms would be created to make them productive.

Idrees Lafene, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), commended the governor for approving N80,000 as minimum wage.

He said such move was a step forward, adding that the union look forward to an improved offer.

He, however, appreciated the governor for going beyond the union’s expectation, saying that the union had tabled between N70,000, N75,000 and N80,000 as minimum wage for the state.