Minimum Wage: Nigerian Governors To Hold Emergency Meeting Today
The decision of the governors to hold an emergency meeting today followed the stepping down of the memo on minimum wage by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Tuesday
Joy Kalu 
Governors of the 36 states of Nigeria have fixed an emergency meeting for today, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, over the proposed new minimum wage.
This comes a few hours after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Tuesday stepped down the memo on minimum wage.
The 36 governors had earlier rejected the proposed N62,000 by the federal government, stating that some states would have to borrow money if the amount is implemented.
However, the organised labour is still insisting on N250,000 wage.
According to Daily Trust, the Acting Director on Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Halima Ahmed, disclosed that the governors would meet in Abuja by 7pm today, Wednesday, over the matter.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, had told newsmen after the FEC that the Council could not take a decision on the issue of minimum wage because it involves local government, states, federal government and organised private sector.
But the Acting Director on Media and Public Affair of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Halima Ahmed, told Daily Trust that governors would meet on Wednesday by 7pm in Abuja over the matter.
The organised labour are scheduled to meet today also over the outcome of the FEC meeting and take a stand on their next decision.
