Why We Must Cut N18, 000 Minimum Wage or Sack Workers — Governors

 The chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said on Thursday that irrespective of public condemnations of the plan, it would not be economically feasible to retain the same workforce and pay same amount of money.


According to him, funds allocated from the Federation Account could no longer sustain the expenses

of the state as the internally generated revenue was still below par in some states.


Governors had two weeks ago declared that they could no longer cope with the N18, 000 minimum wage. The pronouncement caused a stir as Nigerians kicked against it.


The governors of Rivers and Edo rejected the plan.


Emerging from a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House Abuja, on Thursday, Mr. Yari said the governors were considering the nation’s economic situation.

“LET ME MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO NIGERIANS, GOVERNOR’S FORUM IS NOT THE ENEMY OF LABOUR IN ANY WAY. RATHER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER. BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING, (BECAUSE NOT ONLY GOV. WIKE BUT ALSO MY FRIEND IN THE COMRADESHIP, ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE, KICKED AGAINST THE DECISION)…


WHAT WE SAID IS THAT WHEN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ENACTED THE LAW OF PAYING N18, 000 MINIMUM WAGE, THEN THE OIL WAS ABOUT $118 PER BARREL AND TODAY WHERE WE ARE OIL IS $41 PER BARREL. SO, IF IT CONTINUES LIKE THAT DEFINITELY WE WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE. WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE LABOUR AND SEE HOW WE CAN REVIEW; EITHER CONTINUE OR DOWNSIZING, OR SEE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.


WE WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC THAT WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO TOUCH. THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT, THERE IS NEED FOR SECURITY, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS LIKE SOCIAL LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE AND NATION AS A STATE,” HE SAID.


The governor said from the federation account, some states received N400 million, N500 million while others received N55 million.

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