The meeting the federal
government conveyed to discuss new minimum wage ended on an inconclusive note
on Monday.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo,
Chris Ngige, minister of labour, Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance and six
governors were in attendance at the meeting which held at the presidential
villa, Abuja.
One of the governors told
reporters that the meeting ended inconclusively.
He said though the governors were
willing to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage demanded by workers, they lack the
capacity to do so.
The governor disclosed that an
emergency meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum would be convened on Tuesday.
According to him, the meeting on
Tuesday will focus on finalising agreements on an exact minimum wage the states
are willing to pay their workers.
The meeting which ended in
deadlock was also attended by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris
Ngige, and the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed.
State governors present at the
meeting were Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; Kebbi State Governor,
Atiku Bagudu; Osun State Governor, Rauf Aragbesola; and Plateau State Governor,
Simon Lalong.
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