₦62,000, ₦ 250,000 As Minimum Wage Unrealistic As Some Local Govts Still Struggle To Pay N30,000 – ALGON

The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has described as unaffordable and unrealistic the N250,000 minimum wage demand by the organised labour.

ALGON National President, Aminu Muazu-Maifata, made this onown Channels Television’s Business Morning segment of Sunrise Daily breakfast programme on Thursday.

He said 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.

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.

He said an affordable minimum wage should be set and not something unsustainable.