Governors have said
they cannot afford the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the Nigerian Labour
Congress (NLC).
They said this in
reaction to the allegation of Peter Ozo-Eson, general secretary of NLC,
that governors who are against N30,000 minimum wage took such stance because
they diverted the bailout funds paid to them by the federal government.
He said the union
expected the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and other related
Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the governors.
Reacting, Abdulrazaque
Bello-Barkindo, head, media and public affairs of the Nigeria Governors’
Forum (NGF) described the comment as “misleading and in bad faith.”
The statement said the
governors would have been happy to pay the amount demanded by the NLC but
financial constraints being experienced in some states would make it impossible
to do so.
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