Delta state civil servants may finally breathe a sigh of relief, as the state administration has authorized the payment of the new minimum wage, which will take effect in October.
Dr Kingsley Emu, Secretary to the State Government, disclosed this on Wednesday during a meeting of the new minimum wage committee with Delta State’s Organized Labour leadership, which included the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and the Joint Negotiating Council, JNC, to discuss the new minimum wage’s implementation.
Emu reported that the meeting was called by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who commanded that the increased minimum wage be paid immediately beginning in October.
According to him:
“The minimum wage committee earlier agreed that we can’t make payment until the National Income Salaries and Wages Commission sends the chart. We have now received the chart and we have in the last three sessions gone through the consequential adjustments and implications on our cash flow.
“Even though we have not been able to determine all the ramifications of the consequential adjustments on the future cash flow requirements of the state, the Governor directed that we go ahead to pay because he feels the pains of the people as a labour-friendly Governor.”
Responding, Comrade Goodluck Ofobruku, Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), praised Governor Oborevwori for the early approval, saying it had made labor’s job simpler.
He said:
“The Labour movement in Delta State appreciates Governor Oborevwori for graciously approving the implementation of the 2024 minimum wage in Delta State without stressing us.
“He has made the job of labour to be less difficult. Before the National Income and Salaries Wages Commission released the chart and consequential adjustments, the Governor did assure labour and workers in the state that he would pay any time the chart was out.
“Some people thought he was making a political statement but today he has proved that his promise was not just a political statement.
“We thank him for giving the go-ahead to implement the payment while we correct any discrepancies later.”
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