OYO State government has approved a minimum wage of ₦80,000 for the state workforce.
According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the technical committee set up by the state government recommended and got approval from Governor Seyi Makinde for the implementation of the new salary scale.
This new scale will be implemented as soon as the consequential adjustments process is completed by the committee, which comprises top government and labour officials.
It will be recalled that only last month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its latest employment statistics published for 2024, rated Oyo State as the most worker-friendly state in the whole of southern Nigeria.
The statement also emphasized that Oyo State pays its workers’ salaries on the 25th of every month since Governor Makinde came into office in 2019.
Governor Makinde started paying the previous ₦30,000 minimum wage from inception over four years ago, including consistent payment of pensions, gratuities and 13th-month salary for both workers and pensioners alike.
Also recall that since November 2023, Governor Makinde has been paying ₦25,000 to its workers and ₦15,000 to pensioners as a welfare wage award.
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