The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi on Friday accused the state government of shortchanging local government workers on the implementation of the minimum wage.
The PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Sani Dododo, in a statement in Birnin Kebbi wondered why the state and local government staff would have a new minimum wage contrary to the one announced by Governor Nasiru Idris in October.
He urged the state government to fulfill its promises to teachers because of their crucial role in society.
The statement read: “PDP has been keenly following trends of minimum wage payments since its formal announcement in October this year.
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“It will be recalled that Governor Nasir Idris made a formal declaration to pay the sum of N75,000 as the new minimum wage effective from October 2024 for state and local government workers.
“Unfortunately, due to some administrative limitations, local government managers and trade unions solicited for two weeks grace to harmonize their documentation.
“To our greatest dismay and after persistent delays the local governments and teachers’ minimum wage was finally released this month but was grossly far from the approved amount of N75,000 as testified by several teachers and LG workers from across the 21 LGAs of the state.
“We challenge the state government to dispute the fact that despite agreed minimum wage figure, the state is still paying less than N40,000 to almost all categories of staff on Grade Level 3, 4 and 5.”
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