FULL LIST: 16 States set up minimum wage committees

THE NATION

Sixteen Governors have set up committees to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for workers across the country.

The Federal Government commenced payment of the new minimum wage to its 1.2 million workers last Thursday.

The Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, in a memo to the Budget Office of the Federation, noted that the civil servants would be paid the minimum wage with effect from September.

Edo, Lagos and Adamawa States have also commenced payment of the new salary while Abia and Anambra are to commence payment in October.

1. Ogun

2. Ekiti

3. Sokoto

4. Kebbi

5. Osun

6. Enugu

7. Borno

8. Zamfara

9. Kogi

10. Kwara

11. Gombe

12. Kano