The federal government, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, is fully committed to implementing the new ₦70,000 minimum wage.
This assurance was given on Monday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, after a meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Akume appreciated all the state governments that have started implementing the new minimum wage and appealed to those yet to start the implementation to do so as soon as possible.
The SGF emphasized that the new national minimum wage remains a priority for President Tinubu’s administration and urged state governments not just to implement the new minimum wage, but to implement it fully.
The issue of the new minimum wage has always been central to the thinking of the government of President Bola Tinubu, and that was why he quickly assembled the team.
They put in place a tripartite arrangement to look at all the issues, and this was properly carried out.
The governors were represented, the federal government was represented, and the organised private sector was also part of it. So we all arrived at the new minimum wage,” Akume stated.
The SGF commended states that have gone beyond the ₦70,000 benchmark, reiterating that the implementation must not be in half measure.
We are very satisfied with it. And, some state governments have started implementing; others have even gone beyond N70,000. So, I believe that there’s no problem with that whatsoever.
We applaud those who have started,” he said.
For those who have not started, we just want to appeal to them to start the payment. What is that? What is it, at the level of the federal government? Is it fully, as the federal government done? Is in terms of full implementation, quite, quite frankly, the federal government is totally committed. Today is full.”
There’s no half measure about this at all. It’s full, okay,” Akume added.
The SGF revealed that his discussion with the President also included other matters concerning state governance.
