The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says state governments are reviewing their individual fiscal space and the consequential impact of various recommendations to arrive at an improved minimum wage they can pay sustainably to workers.

The NGF stated this in a communique issued by its chairman and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, after its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, May 2, 2024.

AbdulRazaq expressed the governor’s commitment to working with relevant stakeholders to achieve a better minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

The governor noted: “Forum celebrates with workers across the country for their dedication to service and patience, as we work with the Federal Government, labour, organised private sector and relevant stakeholders in arriving at an implementable national minimum wage.

“While we acknowledge the various initiatives adopted recently by way of wage awards and partial wage adjustments, it is imperative to state that the 37-member tripartite committee inaugurated on the national minimum wage, is still in consultation and yet to conclude its work.

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“As members of the committee, we are reviewing our individual fiscal space as state governments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, to arrive at an improved minimum wage we can pay sustainably.

‘We remain committed to the process and promise that better wages will be the invariable outcome of ongoing negotiations.”

AbdulRazaq further stated that the governors discussed the revised National Policy on Justice (2024 -2028) from the just-concluded National Summit on Justice from April 24 to April 25.

The governor added that the governors agreed to consider the submissions from the summit as might concern their states.

These, according to him, include the recommended legal amendments, administrative improvements, and policies to strengthen the justice sector.

He expressed the forum’s commitment to considering issues bordering on the remuneration of state judicial officers and the infrastructure of the courts.

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