{"id":393,"date":"2024-06-27T06:39:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=393"},"modified":"2024-06-27T06:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:39:51","slug":"national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/","title":{"rendered":"National Minimum Wage: Nigerian governors assure workers of better wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-394\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-18-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-18-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-18-1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum has assured Nigerians and the organised labour of better minimum wage after the ongoing negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The governors had previously disagreed with the Federal Government over a proposed N62,000 minimum wage, saying that it would make some states to borrow to pay salaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was regardless of the demand of organised labour for a N250,000 minimum wage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, after the Federal Executive Council postponed the minimum wage discussion on Tuesday to allow President Bola Tinubu to conduct broader consultations, the governors chose to hold an emergency meeting that extended into the wee hours of Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A communiqu\u00e9 signed by Ahmed Salihu, the NGF Acting Director, Media, the governors said\u00a0 the forum discussed the new national minimum wage and agreed on further deliberations with key stakeholders to reach a mutually acceptable solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Forum received a presentation from the Minister of Women Affairs on the World Bank-Nigeria for Women Project Scale-Up, along with other activities of the ministry. Members noted the importance of the project and emphasized the need to implement it at the state level as initially conceived, as the states are the primary obligors of the project,\u201d the communiqu\u00e9 read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe governors acknowledge the work and contributions of the Ministry of Women Affairs in promoting gender equality, empowering women, and advancing social development across Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Forum discussed the new National Minimum Wage. The governors agreed to continue engaging with key stakeholders to reach a mutually agreeable solution. We remain dedicated to the process and assure that better wages will result from the ongoing negotiations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Publisher The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum has assured Nigerians and the organised labour of better minimum wage after the ongoing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[135,134],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-economy","category-news","tag-gov-abdulrazak","tag-nigerian-governors-forum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Minimum Wage: Nigerian governors assure workers of better wages - Panorama News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Minimum Wage: Nigerian governors assure workers of better wages - Panorama News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Publisher The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum has assured Nigerians and the organised labour of better minimum wage after the ongoing&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Panorama News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panoramanewsng\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-27T06:39:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-18-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/193c6b5ed75edb6cc8b07827dd05f83d\"},\"headline\":\"National Minimum Wage: Nigerian governors assure workers of better wages\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-27T06:39:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-27T06:39:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/national-minimum-wage-nigerian-governors-assure-workers-of-better-wages\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-18-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gov. 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