The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved a minimum wage of ₦80,000 for civil servants in the state.
The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan.
He said a technical committee set up by the state government recommended and got the governor’s approval for the implementation of the new new minimum wage.
The commissioner noted that the National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS) in its latest employment statistics published rated Oyo State as the most worker-friendly in the Southern part of the country due to a significant decline in the state’s unemployment rate.
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He said: “The Oyo State Government has been paying workers’ salaries on the 25th of every month since Governor Makinde took office in 2019.
“The governor began paying the previous ₦30,000 minimum wage from the start of his tenure over four years ago, including consistent payments of pensions, gratuities, and a 13th-month salary for both workers and pensioners alike.
“Since November 2023, Governor Makinde has been paying ₦25,000 to workers and ₦15,000 to pensioners as a welfare wage award.
“The state government introduced the wage award to cushion the effects of the Federal Government’s fuel subsidy removal and has remained consistent with these payments for over a year, even to this day. ”
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