Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi
State has stated that review of the revenue sharing formula would enable states
pay the new minimum wage.
Umahi spoke on Friday in
Abakaliki at the opening of the 2018/19 legal year of the Ebonyi judiciary.
The governor likened the
allocation accrued to states from the federation account as a ‘sign wave’ which
made permutations difficult because it was not constant.
“The balance of justice is that
the country’s leaders should dialogue and allocate percentages to its various
sectors which include workers’ salaries, education, infrastructure, judiciary,
legislature among others.
“The burning issue currently in
Nigeria is workers’ welfare which every right thinking person will support and
I have said severally that N30, 000 minimum wage is not even enough for
workers.
“It is my desire to improve on
workers’ welfare but something must be done at the centre so that the states
can breathe.
“To clamp the nut on the
petroleum subsidy episode, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
should be more transparent and accountable to the federation account,” he said.
He noted that effective
management of the nation’s resources would enable the government adequately
took care of workers’ welfare and the three tiers of government.
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