Three weeks after its workers embarked on astrike to call for the implementation of the ₦18,000 minimum wage, the Osun State government Monday approved ₦19,001 as minimum wage for its civil servants.
According to Semiu Okanlawon, spokesperson to the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, the state government has, by this development “implemented fully, the Minimum Wage Law for workers on Levels 01 to07.”
He said that in addition to the ₦19,001 for the least paid workers under the employment of the state government, the government also approved substantial raise in the salaries of other grade levels.
“Thus, the government has approved additional ₦7,429,50 for workers from Levels 8 to 10; ₦6,611 for workers on Levels 12 to 14 while ₦5,096.40 has been added to salaries of workers on Levels 15 to17,” he said.
“The ₦19,001 minimum wage exceeds the ₦18,000 minimum wageprescribed by the Minimum Wage Law recently enacted by the Federal Government. The government team reassured the workers’ representatives that the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola is poised to ensure that workers in the state emerge the best paid workers throughout the country.”
Mr Okanlawon stated that as soon as the Internally Generated Revenue of the State improves, the government promises to review the salaries of workers in the state upward.
Officials of the state government, who reached the agreement in a meeting with the workers’ representatives in Osogbo, also announcedplans to set up a Salaries and Wages Commission which will fix salaries and wages of workers according tothe increase in the financial fortunes of the state.(234nEXT)
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