Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has disclosed that the state government will commence the payment of the new national minimum wage this January.

The Governor made the disclosure when he received chairmen of the 25 local government areas on a solidarity visit over the recent Supreme Court verdict affirming his election as the duly elected Governor of the state.

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DAILY POST recalls that the supreme court in a unanimous judgment had ruled in favor of Abubakar Sani Bello of the Niger as the duly elected Governor, striking out the petition of Umar Nasko of the PDP, challenging the earlier ruling of the appeal court.

Governor Bello in a statement sent to DAILY POST by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel Berje, said that a committee has been set up to negotiate the implementation of the new minimum wage.

The governor disclosed that those that are not directly affected by the N30, 000 minimum wage will be taken care of in the next phase which is the consequential adjustment.

The statement read in part: “At the moment our top priority is to address those that have been affected directly by the minimum wage and what it means is, anyone who is below the minimum wage policy

“I have given the directive that it should be implemented this January, so that those that are entitled or fall within the class of minimum wage will get.

“If you implement the new minimum wage, then you find out that there will be the need for consequential adjustments for all”.

“The Governor noted that paying salaries is not the only function of government, adding that, at the moment, 80 per cent of the state’s income goes into salary payment.

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“He expressed concern over the state civil servants who were not enjoying the as they should, stressing that, with a workforce of no fewer than 27, 000, and the state population of over 4 million, executing capital projects and paying salaries regularly have been extremely difficult.”

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