Minimum Wage: Paying ‎30k Was A Struggle, I Cannot Pay ‎70k – State Governor

Amidst of the new minimum wage approval by the Federal Government, the Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, said Tuesday that his administration cannot pay the new national minimum wage of N70,000.

According to Yahaya, who chairs the Northern Governors Forum, spoke at a meeting with labour leaders, civil society organisations, and traders associations at the Government House in Gombe, ahead of the planned nationwide protest.

Hr said: “I cannot pay the N70,000 minimum wage, and I suspect many other states are in the same predicament.”

At the time of filing ybisreport, no official response from the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on the governor’s comment.