The proposed minimum wage by the Organised Labour is unaffordable for the local government administrations in Nigeria, according to the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON).
Aminu Muazu-Maifata, the ALGON National President, expressed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Business Morning segment of Sunrise Daily breakfast programme.
Muazu-Maifata highlighted that the current allocation from the Federal Accounts does not allow any local government administration to meet the ₦62,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government, let alone the ₦250,000 demand of the Organised Labour.
He further mentioned that some local governments have not even started paying their workers the ₦30,000 minimum wage approved in 2019, with many workers still receiving the ₦18,000 wage. Muazu-Maifata emphasized the need for a sustainable and affordable minimum wage to be established.
