The Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki has raised minimum wage for the state civil servants to N70,000.
The governor, who spoke today, April 29 at the inauguration of the Labour House, said: “the new minimum wage regime in Edo will take effect from May 1, 2024.”
Obaseki named the Labour House after Adams Oshiomhole, his predecessor and current Senator representing Edo North.
It would be recalled that the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have been pushing for a new minimum wage for workers across states, on the heels of the hardship occassioned by the economic reforms by the President Bola Tinubu administration.
The removal of subsidy on petrol and unification of the forex windows in 2023, immediately led to food inflation and a spike in the prices of other goods and services.
The national minimum wage has been pegged at N30,000 since April 18, 2019.
However, this sum has been described as “grossly inadequate” and “poverty wage” in the face of prevailing economic hardship. Source: Vanguard.
