The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF has welcomed a unanimous claim by its members about their inability to pay the stipulated minimum wage due to the highly dwindling federal allocations to the state.
Thirty-six States Governors have said that they can no longer pay the N18,000 minimum wage to workers owing to the poor state of the economy, Vanguard reports.
Rising from a crucial meeting that ended at the early hours of Thursday at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, said that the dwindling prices of oil had drastically affected their States’ income.
Specifically, they said that the burden of the wage was lighter when oil sold at $126 as against the current $41 per barrel. They therefore sought to have audience with President Muhammadu Buhari on the economy, resolving that the only way out of the quagmire was to diversify the economy to agriculture and mining.
Reading the communique issued at the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Forum and governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari hinted that the Forum also backed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the N2.1trillion sanction on MTN.
According to him, the governors agreed that the fine must be paid in full. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - https://twitter.com/Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 19-11-2015 09:08 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
benbella1 at 19-11-2015 09:18 PM (8 years ago) (m)
the zoo cannot feed the animals...lol
Posted: at 19-11-2015 09:18 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
Mazuanyaegbu at 19-11-2015 10:44 PM (8 years ago) (m)
see greedy and wicked set of idiots that called themselves governors. d #18000 is it up to the amount they use for breakfast? they spend on series of their girl friends? these selfish animals don't even realise that d civil servants they intend cutting their salaries are family people. i expected to hear that they will equally reduce d number of their numerous S.As and P.As, their first ladies monthly allocation, kichen votes, security votes, estacodes, their salaries, entourage, fleet of cars etc. When d oil was booming, non of them found it nessessary to increase civil servants salary, even most of them were still complaining and owing. I wish to state here that any governor who feels that d resources available to run d affairs of his state is low and he can not manage it,let him honourably resign.
Posted: at 19-11-2015 10:44 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
SweetDaddy1 at 20-11-2015 12:14 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Nigeria should go back to the 12 States structure and the money been wasted for 24 governors and their State houses of assembly members and The senate should not be more than 36 senators, and 48 members in the house of representatives. There Would be more than enough money to pay #100,000 minimum wage to workers in Nigeria. This so called governors were not even afraid to tell Nigeria workers that they can not pay #18,000 minimum wage, when the now ruling party had promised to pay #5,000 monthly to jobless citizens...
Posted: at 20-11-2015 12:14 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
sugarwealth at 20-11-2015 04:14 AM (8 years ago) (f)
Quote from: Anyaegbu mazu on 19-11-2015 10:44 PM
see greedy and wicked set of idiots that called themselves governors. d #18000 is it up to the amount they use for breakfast? they spend on series of their girl friends? these selfish animals don't even realise that d civil servants they intend cutting their salaries are family people. i expected to hear that they will equally reduce d number of their numerous S.As and P.As, their first ladies monthly allocation, kichen votes, security votes, estacodes, their salaries, entourage, fleet of cars etc. When d oil was booming, non of them found it nessessary to increase civil servants salary, even most of them were still complaining and owing. I wish to state here that any governor who feels that d resources available to run d affairs of his state is low and he can not manage it,let him honourably resign.
My broda, u have said all there is to say, exactly wats on my mind. It's always the masses that will suffer on their account. Is it not the other day cross river governor said he's going to appoint 700 abi na 1000 aides, and they will all be paid with government money, yet they can't pay minimum 18k wage, amount that they can never give their children as pocket cos it's an insult to them. Na GOD go judge all of them. Bastards!
Posted: at 20-11-2015 04:14 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Hahahahahahahahahaahaa I can't fit laugh. Dis thieves think they can decieve Nigerians. They waste money anyhow wit their psycho families and steal some abroad. Now they want to deprive d pple doing d real work of their peanuts dat they are paying them. How else can they enslave d citizen in their own country. African leaders are beast. No conscience at all
Posted: at 20-11-2015 05:33 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
saviourekpe at 20-11-2015 09:08 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Anyaegbu mazu on 19-11-2015 10:44 PM
see greedy and wicked set of idiots that called themselves governors. d #18000 is it up to the amount they use for breakfast? they spend on series of their girl friends? these selfish animals don't even realise that d civil servants they intend cutting their salaries are family people. i expected to hear that they will equally reduce d number of their numerous S.As and P.As, their first ladies monthly allocation, kichen votes, security votes, estacodes, their salaries, entourage, fleet of cars etc. When d oil was booming, non of them found it nessessary to increase civil servants salary, even most of them were still complaining and owing. I wish to state here that any governor who feels that d resources available to run d affairs of his state is low and he can not manage it,let him honourably resign.
Same opinion. I support.
Posted: at 20-11-2015 09:08 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
Greedy, wicked lot. You live large & loot our treasuries daily. You make so many millions each month, but seek to impoverish innocent citizens further. God punish you all. Why not seek ways to increase your individual state's internally generated revenue instead, or are you too dense to do so?
Posted: at 20-11-2015 10:25 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
wait,18,000k a month,not even up to 100€ giving to an adult as a basic salary,inside the 18,000k house rent,feeding,transport fee,children school fee,medical fee,cloths, at least human being dey cover him or her self,others domestic expenses etc,even on this they are still holding their evil meeting to decrease the 18,000k,now i understand why africa is really hell fire.
Posted: at 20-11-2015 03:21 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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