The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) had said that the 774 local government councils cannot afford to pay the ₦62,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government, neither can they pay the ₦250,000 being demanded by the Organised Labour.
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodima had said “The committee has worked so hard and the committee has reach an agreement. The tripartite committee is made up of three parties -the government, the Organised Private Sector(OPS) and the organised labour.
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“In the wisdom of the committee, it has put together a recommendation that will be forwarded to Mr President for further action
“The organised private sector and the Federal Government have agreed on N62, 000 while the organised labour is asking for N250, 000.
However, the National President of ALGON, Aminu Muazu-Maifata, stated on Channels Television’s Business Morning segment of Sunrise Daily breakfast programme on Thursday, that local councils cannot afford to pay such.
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According to him, with the present allocation from the Federal Accounts, no local government administration can pay workers the ₦62,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government let alone the ₦250,000 demand of the Organised Labour.
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Muazu-Maifata said some local governments have not started paying their workers ₦30,000 which was apporoved as minimum wage in 2019. He said in many local councils, workers are still being paid the ₦18,000.
