The Ogun State Government has expressed willingness to pay N30,500 as minimum wage to workers in the state with retroactive effect from 1st January, 2020.
The state government announced that it had reached an agreement with organised labour to begin payment of the new minimum wage.
He said the state government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the representatives of organised labour made up of the Joint Negotiating Council, the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, with the Head of Service, Mrs Amope Chokor, signing on behalf of the government. The statement read in part, “Speaking after signing the MOU, the Head of Service commended the labour for their support and understanding within the past eight weeks of negotiation and thanked the governor for the good gesture which would spur the workers to be more productive and efficient in their service delivery to the people of the state.“The Chairman, NLC, Emmanuel Bankole, said the agreement was signed in the interest of the workers of the state.
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