In a move to address the long-standing issue of minimum wage, various states in Nigeria have offered different rates, with Rivers, Lagos, and Borno leading the pack.
According to reports, Rivers State has offered to pay N80,000, Lagos State has offered N75,000, and Borno State has offered N70,000 as minimum wage. On the other end of the spectrum, Zamfara and Kogi States have offered N30,000 and N35,000 respectively.
Here is a breakdown of the minimum wage rates offered by each state:
1. Abia – N40,000
2. Adamawa – N45,000
3. Akwa Ibom – N65,000
4. Anambra – N50,000
5. Bauchi – N40,000
6. Bayelsa – N65,000
7. Benue – N48,000
8. Borno – N70,000
9. Cross River – N65,000
10. Delta – N68,000
11. Ebonyi – N40,000
12. Edo – N70,000
13. Ekiti – N55,000
14. Enugu – N43,000
15. Gombe – N45,000
16. Imo – N57,000
17. Jigawa – N40,000
18. Kaduna – N45,000
19. Kano – N50,000
20. Katsina – N45,000
21. Kebbi – N40,000
22. Kogi – N35,000
23. Kwara – N43,000
24. Lagos – N75,000
25. Nasarawa – N40,000
26. Niger – N45,000
27. Ogun – N65,000
28. Ondo – N62,000
29. Osun – N57,000
30. Oyo – N60,000
31. Plateau – N65,000
32. Rivers – N80,000
33. Sokoto – N40,000
34. Taraba – N45,000
35. Yobe – N42,000
36. Zamfara – N30,000
This development comes as a welcome news to many Nigerians who have been advocating for an increase in the minimum wage. However, it remains to be seen how these rates will be implemented and whether they will be enough to address the economic challenges faced by many Nigerians.
It will interest you to know that the Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected a N100,000 minimum wage.
