Gombe State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress on minimum wage.
Speaking shortly after the MoU on Monday, Chairman of NLC Yusuf Aish-Bello, described the occasion as historic.
He said, “We have signed an agreement on what will be paid to civil servants in Gombe State. You know the salary structure has its intricacies; the N18,000 and N30,000 is nothing to write home about, especially on the issue of basics, that’s our focus as it forms what you get when you retire.
“The highest quantum will be on the basis for our civil servants especially for those retiring and we have achieved over 60 per cent what is left now is 40 per cent which is spread on the allowances there as minimum wage that was how we arrived at N71,451,15.
“Level one will have a basic of N42,000 and this descends in consequential…