The federal government has called on state governors yet to comply with the new national minimum wage act and commence payment of the new 70 thousand naira minimum wage to do so.
secretary to the government of the federation, George Akume, made this appeal after a meeting with president Bola Tinubu, applauding the states that have commenced paying workers the new minimum wage.
Akume said the issue of the new minimum wage has always been central to the thinking of the government of president bola Tinubu, which was why he quickly put in place a tripartite arrangement to look at all the issues.