The Gombe State Government has approved N71,500 minimum wage for civil servants in the state effective from October, with the agreement sealed between the organised labour and the state government.
Penpushing reports that the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Gombe State Chapter, Yusuf Aish-Bello, made this known shortly after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the new National Minimum Wage, explaining that a worker on GL01/1, would be receiving N71,551 minimum pay in the state.
“Today; we have reached an agreement on what will be paid to civil servants in the state. It has been agreed that the minimum standard of paying in Gombe State will be N71,551.15 that is for Grade Level 1 step 1’, he stated
“You know the salary structure has its own intricacies, the N18,000 and N30,000 is nothing to write home about. Most especially on the issue of basics that was our focus as it forms what you get when you retire’, Aish-Bello added
‘The highest quantum will be on the basic for our civil servants, especially for those retiring and we have achieved over 60 per cent. Level one will have basic of N42,000 and this descends in consequential adjustment on the basic’.
‘The more it’s going up, the amount comes down by consequential adjustment. What is left now is 40 per cent, which is spread on the allowances there as minimum wage. That was how we arrived at N71,551’, he said.
Penpushing further reports that the union leader on non-payment of arrears, said the state government implemented N10,000 palliative to the workers since September 2023, adding that the labour unions considered the gesture.
The Gombe State Deputy Governor Manassah Jatau, who is the Chairman of the Gombe State Minimum Wage Committee. Earlier in his remarks said the government had sealed the agreement with labour union leaders.
Penpushing also reports that Jatau assured that the new minimum wage would be paid in October, adding the state government was committed to the welfare of its workers.
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