Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has approved a minimum wage of N75,000 for workers in the state.
According to his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, the governor announced this on Monday at the State Secretariat after a meeting with representatives of organised labour.
He also stated that the remaining three months of the five-month backlog of arrears promised to the union will be paid as budgeted in the 2024 budget, along with the minimum wage, effective November 2024.
Alia said: “We are implementing a new national minimum wage of N75,000. We decided to set the wage at N75,000, fully aware of the other concerns raised by organised labour during the negotiations.
“These concerns included a minimum wage of N30,000, wage awards, transportation allowances, tax relief, and work-off days, among others.
“Recall that the President had approved the sum of N70,000, which we have decided to exceed, considering the concerns raised by organised labour regarding…