The Yobe State Authorities and organised labour within the state have agreed to implement the brand new nationwide minimal wage of N70,000, efficient December 2024.
Secretary to the State Authorities and Chairman of the N70,000 Minimal Wage Committee, Baba Wali, disclosed that after in depth negotiations, the committee beneficial the wage enhance to Governor Mai Mala Buni, who authorised the brand new pay construction.
“The committee’s resolutions included the approval by the Yobe State Authorities for the implementation of the N70,000 minimal wage for all state civil servants, pensioners, and people on particular wage buildings, efficient from December 2024,” Wali revealed.
Amid requires a nationwide strike by the NLC’s nationwide physique, Yobe State employees have opted out, due to an settlement with the state authorities.
The signing ceremony, held in Damaturu on Friday, was attended by high authorities officers and labour leaders, together with the Head of Civil Service (represented by Dr Bukar Kilo), Everlasting Secretary of Public Service Shaibu Ibrahim Amshi, Accountant Normal Mohammed Alkali Dinkiri, and Yobe State NLC Chairman Comrade Muktar Musa Tarbutu.
Representatives from the Commerce Union Congress and the Nigerian Union of Native Authorities Staff additionally participated.
Yobe NLC Chairman, Muktar Tarbutu, assured employees that the settlement safeguarded their welfare, emphasising that “we is not going to be becoming a member of the strike on account of our dedication to the settlement with the State Authorities to implement the N70,000 minimal wage.”
He additional defined that whereas native authorities staff had been initially included within the new wage construction, unresolved points with sure native governments necessitated a short lived postponement for additional assessment.
“We urge civil servants to proceed with their reliable actions within the state,” Tarbutu reiterated, underscoring the union’s confidence within the authorities’s dedication to fulfilling the settlement.
Final Saturday, the Yobe State NLC Chapter described a round circulating on social media platforms urging Yobe State civil servants to provoke a statewide strike as entirely false and unfounded.
Earlier on October 17, the state authorities authorised the formation of a 10-member committee to handle the implementation of the brand new nationwide minimal wage for civil servants, following its current approval by the Federal Authorities.
This was months after it had denied media reports claiming the brand new minimal wage fee had commenced in August.
“The eye of the Yobe State Authorities has been drawn to a false and deceptive publish on social media alleging approval of a brand new wage,” the assertion had revealed then.