Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), and Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has explained why most states cannot afford to pay the new minimum wage.
Yari, at a media briefing in Abuja, on the outcome of the forum meeting held on Wednesday, said some states are still struggling to pay the minimum N18,000.
His words: “As we are talking today, we are struggling with N18,000. Some of the states are paying 35 per cent, some 50 per cent and still some states have salary arrears. So, it is not about only reviewing it but how we are going to get the resources to cater for it.”
President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, was invited to brief the forum on states performance in the use of London and Paris Club refunds.
The Federal Government disbursed the fund to states with the condition to use larger percentage of the money to pay workers’ salaries.
He said while some states had recorded some progress in line with the condition they signed with the Federal Government, others were still owing arrears.
The governors at the meeting included Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and his counterparts from Kebbi, Kaduna, Lagos, Benue, Niger, Adamawa, Plateau, and Kogi States.
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