With immediate effect, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has approved a minimum wage of seventy-two thousand five hundred Naira for Kogi civil servants.
Additionally, the governor put a one-year tax burden suspension on the approved amount.
After signing the deal, Governor Ododo revealed this on Monday during the unveiling of the minimum salary of 70,000 Naira.
“The new Seventy Two Thousand Five hundred Naira minimum wage should take immediate effects to enable the wage cope with the current situation in the country” . said the governor.
The minimum wage agreement, according to Mr. Elijah Evenemi, Chairman of the Minimum Wage Committee, is for the benefit of the general populace rather than a political party.
He was grateful to the governor for allowing the committee to function freely and accomplish a shared objective.
Recall that the Federal government had set 70,000 as the minimum wage payable to workers in the country.
